CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) 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

$3,408.50

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.

$6,817.00

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.

$290.86 with Centene vs $5,453.60 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $290.86 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $290.86 ↓ -91%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $296.57 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -90%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $355.02 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $361.91 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|ACO $482.37 ↓ -86%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $684.89 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $717.21 ↓ -79%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $765.19 ↓ -78%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,362.34 ↓ -60%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,362.34 ↓ -60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,362.34 ↓ -60%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,566.71 ↓ -54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,566.71 ↓ -54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,566.71 ↓ -54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,566.71 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,567.91 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,583.59 ↓ -54%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,804.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,143.00 ↓ -37%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $3,885.69 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $4,226.54 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $4,226.54 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $4,703.73 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,453.60 ↑ +60%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $2,832.68 $482.37 – $5,049.56
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $2,032.67 $1,401.84 – $3,090.42
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,933.70 $482.37 – $5,937.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $7,732.45 $1,948.58 – $10,299.63
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,933.70 $482.37 – $5,937.25
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $6,073.11 $1,567.31 – $7,024.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,933.70 $826.75 – $5,937.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $5,188.05 $482.37 – $7,909.65

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