Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$5,666.00

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.

$11,332.00

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.

$437.98 with Medica vs $15,961.00 with Medica — 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 $437.98 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,606.36 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,632.43 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4,643.62 ↓ -18%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $4,643.62 ↓ -18%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4,734.67 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,502.77 ↓ -3%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5,502.77 ↓ -3%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,502.77 ↓ -3%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5,502.77 ↓ -3%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5,502.77 ↓ -3%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5,667.85 ↑ +0%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5,777.91 ↑ +2%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $6,459.24 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $7,025.84 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $7,025.84 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $7,819.08 ↑ +38%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $8,158.00 ↑ +44%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $9,065.60 ↑ +60%
United Commercial|All Plans $9,696.00 ↑ +71%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $12,216.15 ↑ +116%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $13,049.09 ↑ +130%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $13,049.09 ↑ +130%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $13,049.09 ↑ +130%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,584.00 ↑ +140%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $15,006.45 ↑ +165%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $15,006.45 ↑ +165%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $15,006.45 ↑ +165%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $15,006.45 ↑ +165%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $15,961.00 ↑ +182%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $3,299.12 $437.98 – $5,881.04
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $9,665.04 $437.98 – $19,560.20
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $12,374.30 $3,118.33 – $16,482.57
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $9,665.04 $437.98 – $19,560.20
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $9,665.04 $3,912.04 – $19,560.20
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $7,280.35 $437.98 – $11,099.55
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $7,041.65 $437.98 – $11,218.90
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $9,665.04 $437.98 – $19,560.20

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