CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with 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

$2,383.50

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.

$4,767.00

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 $3,813.60 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 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $290.86 ↓ -88%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $296.57 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -86%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -86%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -86%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $344.68 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $355.02 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $361.91 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial|ACO $427.31 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $611.23 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $640.07 ↓ -73%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $765.19 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,096.41 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,107.38 ↓ -54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,189.47 ↓ -50%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,189.47 ↓ -50%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,189.47 ↓ -50%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,367.90 ↓ -43%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,367.90 ↓ -43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,367.90 ↓ -43%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,367.90 ↓ -43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,804.00 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,143.00 ↓ -10%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,717.19 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,955.54 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,955.54 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,289.23 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,813.60 ↑ +60%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $2,404.42 $427.31 – $4,286.14
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,693.89 $1,168.20 – $2,575.35
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,051.28 $427.31 – $4,151.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $5,948.30 $1,498.98 – $7,923.14
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,051.28 $427.31 – $4,151.40
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $5,103.67 $1,317.12 – $5,903.04
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,051.28 $719.77 – $4,151.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $3,605.71 $427.31 – $5,497.23

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