CT colonography dx 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

$1,002.50

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.

$2,005.00

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.

$86.61 with Centene vs $2,143.00 with United — 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 $86.61 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $86.61 ↓ -91%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -90%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $105.71 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $107.76 ↓ -89%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $227.84 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $461.15 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $465.77 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|ACO $591.47 ↓ -41%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $647.57 ↓ -35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $647.57 ↓ -35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $647.57 ↓ -35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $744.71 ↓ -26%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $744.71 ↓ -26%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $744.71 ↓ -26%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $744.71 ↓ -26%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $837.49 ↓ -16%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $877.00 ↓ -13%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,142.85 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,243.10 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,243.10 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,383.45 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,604.00 ↑ +60%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,804.00 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,143.00 ↑ +114%

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CT colonography dx at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,223.88 $524.52 – $2,476.90
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,689.40 $677.73 – $3,582.29
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,223.88 $407.96 – $2,476.90
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,223.88 $495.38 – $2,476.90
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,321.26 $454.86 – $2,014.38
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,316.29 $513.13 – $2,097.14
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,223.88 $495.38 – $2,476.90
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $2,657.76 $1,930.04 – $4,284.69

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