Dna gardnerella 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

$46.50

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.

$93.00

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.

$19.43 with Centene vs $93.00 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $19.43 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $19.43 ↓ -58%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $19.81 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -57%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -57%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -57%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $20.05 ↓ -57%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $20.65 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $21.05 ↓ -55%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $21.39 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $21.61 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Plans $25.56 ↓ -45%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $26.71 ↓ -43%
Medica Commercial|ACO $38.47 ↓ -17%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $41.22 ↓ -11%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $43.17 ↓ -7%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $44.51 ↓ -4%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $53.01 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $57.66 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $57.66 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $64.17 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $74.40 ↑ +60%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $93.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $93.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $93.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $93.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $93.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $93.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $93.00 ↑ +100%

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Dna gardnerella at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $61.83 $39.60 – $87.30
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $40.32 $17.28 – $96.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $88.40 $13.07 – $59.78
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $40.32 $13.44 – $96.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $53.95 $9.00 – $44.51
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $40.32 $16.32 – $96.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $88.45 $19.43 – $145.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $85.55 $19.43 – $145.00

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