Design mlc device for imrt 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

$2,920.00

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.

$5,840.00

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.

$298.15 with Centene vs $4,672.00 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 $298.15 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $298.15 ↓ -90%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $303.99 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $353.31 ↓ -88%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $353.31 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $353.31 ↓ -88%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $353.31 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $353.31 ↓ -88%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $363.91 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $370.98 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|ACO $459.67 ↓ -84%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $784.35 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $895.98 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $938.26 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,343.20 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,356.64 ↓ -54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,534.45 ↓ -47%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,534.45 ↓ -47%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,534.45 ↓ -47%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,764.62 ↓ -40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,764.62 ↓ -40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,764.62 ↓ -40%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,764.62 ↓ -40%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $3,328.80 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $3,328.80 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,620.80 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $3,620.80 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $3,737.60 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $4,029.60 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,672.00 ↑ +60%

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Design mlc device for imrt at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,918.58 $459.67 – $5,906.65
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,918.58 $459.67 – $5,906.65
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,918.58 $1,181.33 – $5,906.65
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $3,627.06 $459.67 – $5,529.78
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $3,543.54 $459.67 – $5,645.64
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,918.58 $459.67 – $5,906.65
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $2,918.58 $459.67 – $5,906.65

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