Cath left heart/lv gram 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

$7,862.00

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.

$15,724.00

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.

$1,235.68 with Medica vs $15,006.45 with Timpte — 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 $1,235.68 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,619.63 ↓ -67%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,619.63 ↓ -67%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,670.99 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,104.29 ↓ -61%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,104.29 ↓ -61%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,104.29 ↓ -61%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,104.29 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,104.29 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,197.42 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,259.50 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $3,616.52 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $3,652.69 ↓ -54%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,891.52 ↓ -12%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $7,417.00 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|All Plans $8,816.00 ↑ +12%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $8,962.68 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $8,982.00 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $9,748.88 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $9,748.88 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $10,553.00 ↑ +34%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $10,849.56 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $12,579.20 ↑ +60%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $13,049.09 ↑ +66%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $13,049.09 ↑ +66%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $13,049.09 ↑ +66%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $15,006.45 ↑ +91%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $15,006.45 ↑ +91%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $15,006.45 ↑ +91%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $15,006.45 ↑ +91%

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Cath left heart/lv gram at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $2,805.08 $1,235.68 – $5,000.36
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $4,317.18 $1,235.68 – $8,737.15
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $4,317.18 $1,235.68 – $8,737.15
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $4,317.18 $1,747.43 – $8,737.15
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $12,551.36 $1,235.68 – $19,135.68
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $10,781.66 $1,235.68 – $17,177.56
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $4,317.18 $1,235.68 – $8,737.15
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $4,317.18 $1,235.68 – $8,737.15

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