Cta lower extremity without & w/contrast (both sides) 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

$1,386.50

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.

$2,773.00

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.

$144.98 with Centene vs $2,218.40 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 $144.98 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $144.98 ↓ -90%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $147.83 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -88%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -88%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -88%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $176.96 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $180.40 ↓ -87%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $381.42 ↓ -72%
Medica Commercial|ACO $458.62 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $637.79 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $644.17 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $646.43 ↓ -53%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $676.92 ↓ -51%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,388.36 ↑ +0%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,388.36 ↑ +0%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,388.36 ↑ +0%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,580.61 ↑ +14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,596.62 ↑ +15%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,596.62 ↑ +15%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,596.62 ↑ +15%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,596.62 ↑ +15%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,719.26 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,719.26 ↑ +24%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,804.00 ↑ +30%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,913.37 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,143.00 ↑ +55%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,218.40 ↑ +60%

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Cta lower extremity without & w/contrast (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,288.00 $458.62 – $2,296.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,647.32 $1,136.08 – $2,504.54
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,132.32 $458.62 – $2,291.60
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,796.50 $704.72 – $3,724.94
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,132.32 $377.44 – $2,291.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,132.32 $458.32 – $2,291.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,067.90 $458.62 – $3,152.70
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $2,040.22 $458.62 – $3,250.52

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