Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 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

$700.50

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.

$1,401.00

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.

$100.72 with Medica vs $6,169.00 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.

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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 $100.72 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $322.23 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $325.46 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $573.04 ↓ -18%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $573.04 ↓ -18%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $584.27 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↓ -3%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↓ -3%
United Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↓ -3%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↓ -3%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↓ -3%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $699.43 ↓ -0%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $713.01 ↑ +2%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $798.57 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $868.62 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $868.62 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $966.69 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,120.80 ↑ +60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,507.51 ↑ +115%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +194%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +245%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +321%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +321%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +321%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +384%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +384%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +384%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +384%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5,192.00 ↑ +641%
United Commercial|All Plans $6,169.00 ↑ +781%

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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $100.72 – $100.72
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $524.58 $100.72 – $1,061.65
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $524.58 $100.72 – $1,061.65
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $981.06 $253.19 – $1,134.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $524.58 $212.33 – $1,061.65
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $870.47 $100.72 – $1,327.11
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $841.93 $100.72 – $1,341.38
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $524.58 $100.72 – $1,061.65

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