Endo cholangiopancreatograph 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

$2,397.00

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.

$4,794.00

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.

$667.15 with Medica vs $8,151.62 with AMPS — 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $667.15 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,102.62 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,113.65 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,732.58 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,972.28 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,972.28 ↑ +24%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +28%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +28%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +28%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $3,098.62 ↑ +29%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $3,098.62 ↑ +29%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,159.37 ↑ +32%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,307.86 ↑ +38%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +47%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +47%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +47%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,671.90 ↑ +53%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,671.90 ↑ +53%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,671.90 ↑ +53%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,671.90 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,671.90 ↑ +53%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,782.06 ↑ +58%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,835.20 ↑ +60%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,855.49 ↑ +61%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $5,389.00 ↑ +125%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $6,333.00 ↑ +164%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $6,675.00 ↑ +178%
United Commercial|All Plans $7,934.00 ↑ +231%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $8,151.62 ↑ +240%

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Endo cholangiopancreatograph at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $667.15 – $667.15
CHI Health Midlands Papillion not published $667.15 – $667.15
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha not published $667.15 – $667.15
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney not published $667.15 – $667.15
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island not published $667.15 – $667.15
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha not published $667.15 – $667.15
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha not published $667.15 – $667.15

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