Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc 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

$3,243.50

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.

$6,487.00

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.

$306.89 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 $306.89 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,097.10 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,108.08 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,319.60 ↓ -59%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,319.60 ↓ -59%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,345.48 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,563.76 ↓ -52%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,563.76 ↓ -52%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,563.76 ↓ -52%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,563.76 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,563.76 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,610.67 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,641.95 ↓ -49%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,461.00 ↓ -24%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,718.90 ↓ -16%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,892.00 ↓ -11%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,957.40 ↓ -9%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,957.40 ↓ -9%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↓ -5%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↓ -5%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↓ -5%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,291.30 ↑ +1%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $3,471.55 ↑ +7%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +9%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +9%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +9%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +9%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,816.00 ↑ +18%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $6,675.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Plans $7,934.00 ↑ +145%

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Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $306.89 – $306.89
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,485.56 $306.89 – $4,573.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $6,731.15 $311.45 – $1,646.22
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,485.56 $306.89 – $4,573.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,790.31 $311.45 – $1,395.84
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,485.56 $914.60 – $4,573.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $3,319.62 $306.89 – $4,362.63
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $3,210.78 $306.89 – $4,145.40

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