Cta upper extremity w &/or without contrast left 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

$1,577.50

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.

$3,155.00

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 $2,524.00 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 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $144.98 ↓ -91%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $147.83 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -89%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -89%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $171.81 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $176.96 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $180.40 ↓ -89%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $381.42 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|ACO $416.79 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $594.37 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $622.41 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $725.65 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $732.91 ↓ -54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,277.63 ↓ -19%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,277.63 ↓ -19%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,277.63 ↓ -19%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,469.29 ↓ -7%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,469.29 ↓ -7%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,469.29 ↓ -7%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,469.29 ↓ -7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,798.35 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,804.00 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,956.10 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,956.10 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,143.00 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,176.95 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,524.00 ↑ +60%

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Cta upper extremity w &/or without contrast left at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,485.80 $416.79 – $2,648.60
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $2,275.11 $1,569.04 – $3,459.02
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,288.56 $416.79 – $2,607.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,821.15 $710.93 – $3,757.78
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,288.56 $416.79 – $2,607.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,288.56 $521.56 – $2,607.80
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,072.17 $416.79 – $3,159.21
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $2,044.35 $416.79 – $3,257.10

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