Boot mlti podous univ xlg 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

$212.58

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.

$425.16

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.

$41.40 with United vs $397.59 with Medica — 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $41.40 ↓ -81%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $41.82 ↓ -80%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $102.60 ↓ -52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $111.60 ↓ -48%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $111.60 ↓ -48%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $124.20 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $135.93 ↓ -36%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $135.93 ↓ -36%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $138.59 ↓ -35%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $144.00 ↓ -32%
Medica Commercial|ACO $180.00 ↓ -15%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $379.68 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $397.59 ↑ +87%

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Boot mlti podous univ xlg at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $195.58 $43.20 – $147.60
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $178.57 $14.53 – $83.93
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $361.39 $7.78 – $41.10
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $178.57 $11.30 – $83.93
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $352.89 $38.56 – $172.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $178.57 $13.72 – $68.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $259.35 $37.80 – $167.40
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $250.85 $41.40 – $169.20

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