Creatine kinase isoenzymes 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

$70.00

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.

$140.00

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.

$12.97 with Centene vs $124.80 with Millard Public Schools — 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 $12.97 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $12.97 ↓ -81%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $13.23 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -81%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -81%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -81%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $13.39 ↓ -81%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $13.79 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $14.06 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|All Plans $17.08 ↓ -76%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $17.85 ↓ -75%
Medica Commercial|ACO $25.85 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $27.53 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $28.83 ↓ -59%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $29.73 ↓ -58%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $32.20 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $32.53 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $79.80 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $86.80 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $86.80 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $96.60 ↑ +38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $108.52 ↑ +55%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $108.52 ↑ +55%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $108.52 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $112.00 ↑ +60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $124.80 ↑ +78%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $124.80 ↑ +78%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $124.80 ↑ +78%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $124.80 ↑ +78%

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Creatine kinase isoenzymes at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $36.17 $25.96 – $57.23
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $95.76 $12.97 – $193.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $187.00 $8.79 – $40.18
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $95.76 $12.97 – $193.80
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $36.52 $9.43 – $42.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $95.76 $12.97 – $193.80
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $95.77 $12.97 – $154.48
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $120.36 $12.97 – $191.76

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