Arthrd dst rad/ul jt sgm rsc at CHI Health St. Elizabeth

555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,936.26 with Medica vs $15,306.23 with AMPS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,936.26
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $5,818.23
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $5,818.23
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $5,932.32
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,894.70
Medica Medicare|All Plans $6,894.70
United Medicare|All Plans $6,894.70
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $6,894.70
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $6,894.70
Centene Medicare|All Plans $7,101.54
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7,239.44
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $7,417.00
United Commercial|All Plans $8,816.00
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $8,982.00
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $10,553.00
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $10,915.56
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $10,915.56
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $10,915.56
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $12,552.89
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $12,552.89
One World Commercial|Broad Network $12,552.89
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $12,552.89
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $15,306.23
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard not published by hospital
United Medicaid|Community Plan not published by hospital
Medica Commercial|Open Access not published by hospital
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care not published by hospital
ELAP Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier not published by hospital

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Arthrd dst rad/ul jt sgm rsc at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $1,936.26 – $1,936.26
CHI Health Midlands Papillion not published $1,936.26 – $1,936.26
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha not published $1,936.26 – $1,936.26
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney not published $1,936.26 – $1,936.26
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island not published $1,936.26 – $1,936.26
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha not published $1,936.26 – $1,936.26
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha not published $1,936.26 – $1,936.26

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