Exc benign tal 0.5 < cm 11400 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

$496.00

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.

$992.00

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.

$160.86 with Medica vs $6,169.00 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $160.86 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $228.16 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $230.45 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $565.44 ↑ +14%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $573.04 ↑ +16%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $573.04 ↑ +16%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $584.27 ↑ +18%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $615.04 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $615.04 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↑ +37%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↑ +37%
United Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↑ +37%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↑ +37%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $679.06 ↑ +37%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $684.48 ↑ +38%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $699.43 ↑ +41%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $713.01 ↑ +44%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $793.60 ↑ +60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,507.51 ↑ +204%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +315%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +387%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +494%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +494%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +494%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +583%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +583%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +583%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +583%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5,192.00 ↑ +947%
United Commercial|All Plans $6,169.00 ↑ +1144%

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Exc benign tal 0.5 < cm 11400 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $414.92 $160.86 – $739.64
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $91.77 $74.36 – $163.93
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $603.54 $160.86 – $1,221.45
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $469.20 $77.33 – $353.78
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $603.54 $160.86 – $1,221.45
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $510.45 $77.33 – $346.56
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $603.54 $244.29 – $1,221.45
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $827.77 $160.86 – $1,262.01

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