Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple 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

$121.50

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.

$243.00

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.

$12.19 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 $12.19 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $12.32 ↓ -90%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $30.21 ↓ -75%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $32.86 ↓ -73%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $32.86 ↓ -73%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $36.57 ↓ -70%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $42.40 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $47.61 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $104.99 ↓ -14%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $104.99 ↓ -14%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $107.05 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↑ +2%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↑ +2%
United Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↑ +2%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↑ +2%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↑ +2%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $128.14 ↑ +5%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $130.63 ↑ +8%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $276.19 ↑ +127%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +1037%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +1234%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +2325%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +2325%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,946.56 ↑ +2325%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +2689%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +2689%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +2689%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,388.54 ↑ +2689%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $3,708.00 ↑ +2952%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,406.00 ↑ +3526%

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $122.36 $47.61 – $218.12
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $159.89 $23.76 – $52.38
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $113.40 $39.96 – $188.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $217.60 $37.28 – $170.52
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $113.40 $31.08 – $188.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $221.61 $37.28 – $167.04
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $113.40 $37.74 – $188.70
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $181.17 $47.61 – $276.21

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