Chest 2 vws w oblique 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

$233.50

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.

$467.00

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.

$58.84 with Medica vs $373.60 with MultiPlan PHCS — 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 $58.84 ↓ -75%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $86.61 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $86.61 ↓ -63%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $89.39 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $93.61 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -56%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -56%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -56%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -56%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $105.71 ↓ -55%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $107.41 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $107.76 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $108.49 ↓ -54%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $227.84 ↓ -2%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $266.19 ↑ +14%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $266.19 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $289.54 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $289.54 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $298.88 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $322.23 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $373.60 ↑ +60%

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $255.30 $58.84 – $455.10
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $342.71 $236.72 – $521.86
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $337.68 $58.84 – $683.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $368.05 $88.90 – $469.87
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $337.68 $58.84 – $683.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $337.68 $136.68 – $683.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $469.09 $58.84 – $715.17
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $472.00 $58.84 – $752.00

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