Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$13.07

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.

$26.13

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.

$6.01 with United vs $33.97 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.

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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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $6.01 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $6.07 ↓ -54%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $11.11 ↓ -15%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $12.34 ↓ -6%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $14.90 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $16.21 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $16.21 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $18.03 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $20.91 ↑ +60%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $23.37 ↑ +79%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $23.37 ↑ +79%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $23.37 ↑ +79%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $26.13 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $26.13 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $26.13 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $26.13 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $26.13 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $32.44 ↑ +148%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $33.97 ↑ +160%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $12.02 $6.28 – $21.43
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $55.97 $9.26 – $84.58
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $113.27 $21.32 – $112.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $55.97 $9.26 – $84.58
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $21.69 $5.60 – $25.09
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $55.97 $11.72 – $84.58
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $15.94 $5.49 – $26.13
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $15.42 $6.01 – $26.13

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