Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique 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

$291.50

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.

$583.00

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.

$22.38 with United vs $466.40 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
United Commercial|All Plans $22.38 ↓ -92%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $23.39 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|ACO $68.10 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $68.69 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $71.93 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $134.09 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $135.44 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $139.57 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $139.57 ↓ -52%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $142.30 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↓ -43%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↓ -43%
United Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↓ -43%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↓ -43%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↓ -43%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $170.35 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $173.66 ↓ -40%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $332.31 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $361.46 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $361.46 ↑ +24%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $367.17 ↑ +26%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $402.27 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $466.40 ↑ +60%

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Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $254.84 $27.36 – $454.28
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $224.63 $151.36 – $333.68
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $256.62 $68.10 – $519.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $268.60 $67.69 – $357.78
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $256.62 $68.10 – $519.35
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $453.18 $116.96 – $524.16
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $256.62 $103.87 – $519.35
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $125.05 $43.05 – $190.65

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