Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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

$630.00

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.

$1,260.00

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.

$289.80 with United vs $1,260.00 with Millard Public Schools — 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 $289.80 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $292.70 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $438.40 ↓ -30%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $438.40 ↓ -30%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $446.99 ↓ -29%
Medica Commercial|ACO $512.00 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -18%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -18%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -18%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -18%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $535.10 ↓ -15%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $545.49 ↓ -13%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $580.41 ↓ -8%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $607.79 ↓ -4%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $718.20 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $718.20 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $781.20 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $781.20 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $806.40 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $869.40 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,008.00 ↑ +60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,153.31 ↑ +83%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,260.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,260.00 ↑ +100%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,260.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,260.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,260.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,260.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,260.00 ↑ +100%

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Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $640.08 $274.32 – $1,524.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $845.75 $213.13 – $1,126.54
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $640.08 $213.36 – $1,524.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $640.08 $259.08 – $1,524.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $814.96 $280.56 – $1,336.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $788.24 $307.28 – $1,336.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $640.08 $259.08 – $1,524.00
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $835.80 $606.95 – $1,347.43

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