Cath council tip 16fr 5cc at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$16.00
Cash price 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.
$32.00
Gross charge 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.
$3.34 with United vs $45.84 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $3.34 | ↓ -79% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $3.37 | ↓ -79% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $8.27 | ↓ -48% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $8.99 | ↓ -44% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $8.99 | ↓ -44% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $10.01 | ↓ -37% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $11.60 | ↓ -28% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $14.50 | ↓ -9% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $43.77 | ↑ +174% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.84 | ↑ +187% |
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Cath council tip 16fr 5cc at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $14.72 | $3.48 – $11.89 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $20.16 | $2.61 – $12.33 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $27.20 | $3.11 – $16.42 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $20.16 | $2.03 – $12.33 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $26.56 | $3.11 – $13.92 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $20.16 | $2.47 – $12.33 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $19.52 | $3.05 – $13.49 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $18.88 | $3.34 – $13.63 |