Deferoxamine 500 mg solution for injection 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

$24.08

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.

$48.15

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.

$7.03 with BCBS - NE vs $25.41 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $7.03 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $7.31 ↓ -70%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $7.38 ↓ -69%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $7.81 ↓ -68%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $17.18 ↓ -29%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $17.18 ↓ -29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $17.18 ↓ -29%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $17.80 ↓ -26%
Medica Commercial|ACO $18.06 ↓ -25%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $18.11 ↓ -25%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $18.64 ↓ -23%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $19.70 ↓ -18%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $19.70 ↓ -18%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $19.75 ↓ -18%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $19.75 ↓ -18%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $19.75 ↓ -18%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $19.75 ↓ -18%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $21.92 ↓ -9%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $25.41 ↑ +6%

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Deferoxamine 500 mg solution for injection at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $22.15 $7.03 – $26.05
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $101.12 $5.86 – $84.58
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $204.64 $21.32 – $112.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $101.12 $5.86 – $84.58
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $39.97 $6.81 – $30.49
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $101.12 $7.42 – $84.58
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $29.38 $5.86 – $29.54
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $28.41 $7.03 – $29.86

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