Chloride 24 hour urine 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

$29.50

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.

$59.00

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.

$5.57 with Centene vs $47.20 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $5.57 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $5.57 ↓ -81%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $5.68 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.75 ↓ -81%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5.75 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.75 ↓ -81%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5.75 ↓ -81%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5.75 ↓ -81%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5.92 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $6.04 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Plans $6.41 ↓ -78%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $6.70 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|ACO $11.34 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $11.82 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $12.38 ↓ -58%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $12.77 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $13.57 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $13.71 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $33.63 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $36.58 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $36.58 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $40.71 ↑ +38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $40.78 ↑ +38%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $40.78 ↑ +38%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $40.78 ↑ +38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $46.90 ↑ +59%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $46.90 ↑ +59%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $46.90 ↑ +59%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $46.90 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $47.20 ↑ +60%

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Chloride 24 hour urine at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $28.06 $5.57 – $50.02
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $11.03 $7.92 – $17.46
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $56.70 $5.57 – $114.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $88.40 $5.75 – $101.92
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $56.70 $5.57 – $114.75
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $26.56 $5.75 – $30.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $56.70 $5.57 – $114.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $59.17 $5.57 – $90.21

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