Ghs cutdown placement age 1 and over 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

$45.50

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.

$91.00

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.

$20.93 with United vs $4,406.00 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $20.93 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $21.14 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $51.87 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $56.42 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $56.42 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $62.79 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $72.80 ↑ +60%
Medica Commercial|ACO $73.48 ↑ +61%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $325.00 ↑ +614%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $325.00 ↑ +614%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $331.38 ↑ +628%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $385.13 ↑ +746%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $385.13 ↑ +746%
United Medicare|All Plans $385.13 ↑ +746%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $385.13 ↑ +746%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $385.13 ↑ +746%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $396.68 ↑ +772%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $404.39 ↑ +789%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $854.99 ↑ +1779%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +2935%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +3463%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +6376%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +6376%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +6376%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +7347%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +7347%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +7347%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +7347%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $3,708.00 ↑ +8049%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,406.00 ↑ +9584%

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Ghs cutdown placement age 1 and over at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $73.48 – $73.48
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $45.61 $36.96 – $81.48
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $446.88 $73.48 – $904.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $563.55 $24.00 – $126.81
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $446.88 $73.48 – $904.40
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $612.54 $24.00 – $107.52
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $446.88 $180.88 – $904.40
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $55.46 $21.62 – $88.36

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