Folic acid 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

$114.00

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.

$228.00

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.

$14.25 with Centene vs $182.40 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 $14.25 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $14.25 ↓ -88%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $14.53 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -87%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -87%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -87%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $15.14 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $15.44 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Plans $18.74 ↓ -84%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $19.58 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|ACO $28.37 ↓ -75%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $30.22 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $31.65 ↓ -72%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $32.63 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $52.44 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $52.97 ↓ -54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $119.12 ↑ +4%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $119.12 ↑ +4%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $119.12 ↑ +4%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $129.96 ↑ +14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $136.99 ↑ +20%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $136.99 ↑ +20%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $136.99 ↑ +20%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $136.99 ↑ +20%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $141.36 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $141.36 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $157.32 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $182.40 ↑ +60%

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Folic acid at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $60.26 $14.25 – $107.42
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $27.59 $19.80 – $43.65
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $105.42 $14.25 – $213.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $226.95 $9.64 – $44.10
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $105.42 $14.25 – $213.35
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $73.04 $10.71 – $48.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $105.42 $14.25 – $213.35
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $101.87 $14.25 – $167.00

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