Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 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

$281.00

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.

$562.00

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.

$129.26 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 $129.26 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|ACO $129.36 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $130.56 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $158.12 ↓ -44%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $158.12 ↓ -44%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $161.22 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $187.37 ↓ -33%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $187.37 ↓ -33%
United Medicare|All Plans $187.37 ↓ -33%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $187.37 ↓ -33%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $187.37 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $192.99 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $196.74 ↓ -30%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $320.34 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $348.44 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $348.44 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $387.78 ↑ +38%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $415.96 ↑ +48%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $449.60 ↑ +60%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +391%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +477%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +992%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +992%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +992%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +1155%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +1155%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +1155%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +1155%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $3,708.00 ↑ +1220%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,406.00 ↑ +1468%

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $129.36 – $129.36
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $155.88 $60.72 – $133.86
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $252.00 $108.00 – $510.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $309.40 $52.48 – $240.10
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $252.00 $84.00 – $510.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $302.12 $70.69 – $316.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $252.00 $102.00 – $510.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $342.82 $118.02 – $522.66

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