Emg needle test 1-extremity 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

$533.50

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.

$1,067.00

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.

$104.99 with Centene vs $853.60 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 $104.99 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $104.99 ↓ -80%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $107.05 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|ACO $118.13 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -77%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -77%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -77%
United Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -77%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $128.14 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $130.63 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $192.87 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $216.66 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $245.41 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $247.87 ↓ -54%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $276.19 ↓ -48%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $608.19 ↑ +14%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $608.19 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $661.54 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $661.54 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $682.88 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $736.23 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $853.60 ↑ +60%

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Emg needle test 1-extremity at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $382.62 $118.13 – $774.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $501.50 $69.62 – $367.97
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $382.62 $118.13 – $774.35
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $269.75 $69.62 – $312.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $382.62 $154.87 – $774.35
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $629.53 $118.13 – $1,002.98
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $382.62 $118.13 – $774.35
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $495.60 $198.25 – $440.12

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