Drainage mouth roof lesion 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

$293.50

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.

$587.00

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.

$135.01 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 $135.01 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $136.37 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $189.14 ↓ -36%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $189.14 ↓ -36%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $192.85 ↓ -34%
Medica Commercial|ACO $208.01 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↓ -24%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↓ -24%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↓ -24%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↓ -24%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $230.84 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $235.33 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $334.59 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $363.94 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $363.94 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $405.03 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $469.60 ↑ +60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $497.55 ↑ +70%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +371%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +452%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +945%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +945%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +945%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +1102%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +1102%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +1102%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +1102%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $3,708.00 ↑ +1163%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,406.00 ↑ +1401%

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Drainage mouth roof lesion at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $208.01 – $208.01
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $117.29 $95.04 – $209.52
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $283.08 $121.32 – $572.90
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $385.90 $95.54 – $437.08
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $283.08 $94.36 – $572.90
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $411.68 $97.25 – $435.84
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $283.08 $114.58 – $572.90
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $358.07 $123.27 – $545.91

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