Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$69.00

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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.

$138.00

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.

$31.74 with United vs $326.42 with Medica — 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $31.74 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $32.06 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Plans $33.13 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $43.51 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $43.51 ↓ -37%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $44.37 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $51.57 ↓ -25%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $51.57 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $51.57 ↓ -25%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $51.57 ↓ -25%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $51.57 ↓ -25%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $53.12 ↓ -23%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $54.15 ↓ -22%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $78.66 ↑ +14%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $78.66 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $85.56 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $85.56 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $95.22 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $110.40 ↑ +60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $114.49 ↑ +66%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $138.00 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $138.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $138.00 ↑ +100%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $138.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $138.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $138.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $138.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $138.00 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $311.71 ↑ +352%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $326.42 ↑ +373%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $36.34 $18.96 – $64.78
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $61.02 $47.52 – $104.76
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $241.50 $103.50 – $488.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $362.95 $91.47 – $483.45
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $241.50 $80.50 – $488.75
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $69.72 $18.00 – $80.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $241.50 $97.75 – $488.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $89.67 $30.87 – $147.00

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