Bronchoscopy clear airways 31645 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

$1,323.00

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.

$2,646.00

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.

$276.61 with Medica vs $7,934.00 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 $276.61 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $608.58 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $614.67 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,404.51 ↑ +6%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,404.51 ↑ +6%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,432.05 ↑ +8%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,508.22 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,640.52 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,640.52 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,664.35 ↑ +26%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,664.35 ↑ +26%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,664.35 ↑ +26%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,664.35 ↑ +26%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,664.35 ↑ +26%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,714.28 ↑ +30%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,747.57 ↑ +32%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,825.74 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,116.80 ↑ +60%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,461.00 ↑ +86%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,892.00 ↑ +119%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +132%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +132%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +132%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +167%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +167%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +167%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +167%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $3,694.86 ↑ +179%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $6,675.00 ↑ +405%
United Commercial|All Plans $7,934.00 ↑ +500%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $437.00 $228.00 – $779.00
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $837.90 $276.61 – $1,695.75
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