Ghs repair tendon ext forearm/wrist ea 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

$2,421.50

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.

$4,843.00

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.

$940.55 with Medica vs $10,975.77 with Timpte — 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 $940.55 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,113.89 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,125.03 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,642.59 ↑ +9%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,642.59 ↑ +9%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,694.40 ↑ +11%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,760.51 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,002.66 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $3,002.66 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,131.50 ↑ +29%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,131.50 ↑ +29%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,131.50 ↑ +29%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,131.50 ↑ +29%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,131.50 ↑ +29%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,225.45 ↑ +33%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,288.07 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,341.67 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,874.40 ↑ +60%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $6,944.00 ↑ +187%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,951.93 ↑ +187%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $7,417.00 ↑ +206%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $8,159.00 ↑ +237%
United Commercial|All Plans $8,816.00 ↑ +264%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $9,544.15 ↑ +294%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $9,544.15 ↑ +294%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $9,544.15 ↑ +294%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $10,975.77 ↑ +353%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $10,975.77 ↑ +353%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $10,975.77 ↑ +353%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $10,975.77 ↑ +353%

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Ghs repair tendon ext forearm/wrist ea at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $940.55 – $940.55
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $556.58 $451.00 – $994.25
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $3,932.88 $940.55 – $7,959.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $3,143.30 $292.82 – $1,339.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $3,932.88 $940.55 – $7,959.40
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $3,411.30 $292.82 – $1,312.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $3,932.88 $1,591.88 – $7,959.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,954.23 $940.55 – $4,503.99

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