Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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

$2,080.50

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.

$4,161.00

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.

$160.65 with Medica vs $6,743.87 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 $160.65 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $957.03 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $966.61 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↓ -1%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,371.77 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +16%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,563.49 ↑ +23%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,563.49 ↑ +23%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,579.82 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,579.82 ↑ +24%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,613.76 ↑ +26%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,871.09 ↑ +38%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +42%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +42%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,037.78 ↑ +46%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,037.78 ↑ +46%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,037.78 ↑ +46%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,037.78 ↑ +46%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,037.78 ↑ +46%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,128.91 ↑ +50%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,189.67 ↑ +53%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,328.80 ↑ +60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +63%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +63%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +63%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +63%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5,192.00 ↑ +150%
United Commercial|All Plans $6,169.00 ↑ +197%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,743.87 ↑ +224%

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $920.92 $160.65 – $1,641.64
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $210.68 $170.72 – $376.36
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,102.52 $108.90 – $2,052.46
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,830.05 $117.39 – $537.04
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,102.52 $84.70 – $2,052.46
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,986.19 $117.39 – $526.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,102.52 $102.85 – $514.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,147.81 $160.65 – $3,274.53

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