Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$13.00
Cash price 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.
$26.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.98 with United vs $111.37 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $5.98 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $6.04 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $10.04 | ↓ -23% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $14.82 | ↑ +14% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $14.82 | ↑ +14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $16.12 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $16.12 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $17.94 | ↑ +38% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $20.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $26.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $26.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $26.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $26.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $26.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $26.00 | ↑ +100% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $26.00 | ↑ +100% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $26.00 | ↑ +100% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $106.36 | ↑ +718% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $111.37 | ↑ +757% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $49.22 | $12.28 – $87.74 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $41.38 | $29.04 – $64.02 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $135.66 | $46.87 – $274.55 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $266.90 | $67.26 – $355.52 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $135.66 | $45.22 – $274.55 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $17.43 | $4.50 – $20.16 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $135.66 | $54.91 – $274.55 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $128.71 | $44.31 – $196.23 |