Intrapul surf admin endo tube 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

$163.00

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.

$326.00

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.

$74.98 with United vs $435.79 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 $74.98 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $75.73 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $97.06 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|ACO $108.55 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $109.03 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $165.66 ↑ +2%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $165.66 ↑ +2%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $168.91 ↑ +4%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $185.82 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $185.82 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $196.30 ↑ +20%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $196.30 ↑ +20%
United Medicare|All Plans $196.30 ↑ +20%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $196.30 ↑ +20%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $196.30 ↑ +20%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $202.12 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $202.12 ↑ +24%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $202.19 ↑ +24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $206.12 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|All Plans $208.64 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $224.94 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $260.80 ↑ +60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $435.79 ↑ +167%

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Intrapul surf admin endo tube at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $96.54 $67.32 – $148.41
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $129.36 $28.08 – $200.20
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $129.36 $21.84 – $200.20
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $129.36 $26.52 – $132.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $117.73 $40.53 – $179.49
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $113.87 $44.39 – $181.42
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $129.36 $26.52 – $200.20
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $129.36 $24.96 – $200.20

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