Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$408.00
Cash price 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.
$816.00
Gross charge 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.
$84.78 with Medica vs $4,406.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $84.78 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $93.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $94.78 | ↓ -77% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $232.56 | ↓ -43% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $240.42 | ↓ -41% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $240.42 | ↓ -41% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $245.14 | ↓ -40% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $252.96 | ↓ -38% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $252.96 | ↓ -38% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $281.52 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $284.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $284.90 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $284.90 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $284.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $284.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $293.45 | ↓ -28% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $299.14 | ↓ -27% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $326.40 | ↓ -20% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $632.48 | ↑ +55% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,381.00 | ↑ +238% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,621.00 | ↑ +297% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,946.56 | ↑ +622% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,946.56 | ↑ +622% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,946.56 | ↑ +622% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,388.54 | ↑ +731% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,388.54 | ↑ +731% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,388.54 | ↑ +731% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,388.54 | ↑ +731% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $3,708.00 | ↑ +809% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $4,406.00 | ↑ +980% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $177.10 | $84.78 – $315.70 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $651.17 | $92.40 – $203.70 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $748.02 | $81.90 – $386.75 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $705.50 | $25.49 – $116.62 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $748.02 | $63.70 – $386.75 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $718.78 | $25.49 – $114.24 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $748.02 | $77.35 – $386.75 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $907.68 | $84.78 – $422.22 |