Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 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

$132.50

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.

$265.00

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.

$60.95 with United vs $4,406.00 with United — 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 $60.95 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $61.56 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|ACO $105.63 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $151.05 ↑ +14%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $161.83 ↑ +22%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $161.83 ↑ +22%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $164.30 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $164.30 ↑ +24%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $165.01 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $182.85 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $191.77 ↑ +45%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $191.77 ↑ +45%
United Medicare|All Plans $191.77 ↑ +45%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $191.77 ↑ +45%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $191.77 ↑ +45%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $197.52 ↑ +49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $201.36 ↑ +52%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $212.00 ↑ +60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $425.73 ↑ +221%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +942%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +1123%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +2124%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +2124%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +2124%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +2457%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +2457%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +2457%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +2457%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $3,708.00 ↑ +2698%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,406.00 ↑ +3225%

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Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $121.90 $63.60 – $217.30
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $50.17 $35.64 – $78.57
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $127.68 $54.72 – $258.40
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