Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv 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

$187.00

Cash price

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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.

$374.00

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.

$86.02 with United vs $316.64 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $86.02 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $86.89 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Plans $128.34 ↓ -31%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $134.12 ↓ -28%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $138.21 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $138.21 ↓ -26%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $140.92 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -24%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -24%
United Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -24%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -24%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -24%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $146.91 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $149.76 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $213.18 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $231.88 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $231.88 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $258.06 ↑ +38%
Medica Commercial|ACO $274.93 ↑ +47%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $293.25 ↑ +57%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $299.20 ↑ +60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $307.08 ↑ +64%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $316.64 ↑ +69%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $189.06 $98.64 – $337.02
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $173.04 $74.16 – $350.20
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $359.55 $90.61 – $414.54
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $173.04 $57.68 – $350.20
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $384.29 $99.18 – $444.48
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $173.04 $70.04 – $350.20
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $228.14 $78.54 – $347.82
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $220.66 $86.02 – $351.56

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