IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$256.50
Cash price 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.
$513.00
Gross charge 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.
$75.67 with United vs $451.44 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $75.67 | ↓ -70% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $76.43 | ↓ -70% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $107.67 | ↓ -58% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $118.06 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $120.98 | ↓ -53% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $171.59 | ↓ -33% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $171.59 | ↓ -33% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $174.96 | ↓ -32% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $187.53 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $203.35 | ↓ -21% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $203.35 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $203.35 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $203.35 | ↓ -21% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $203.35 | ↓ -21% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $203.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $203.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $209.45 | ↓ -18% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $213.52 | ↓ -17% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $227.01 | ↓ -11% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $263.20 | ↑ +3% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $451.44 | ↑ +76% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $224.94 | $82.80 – $282.90 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $289.35 | $198.00 – $436.50 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $313.32 | $107.67 – $634.10 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $213.35 | $51.63 – $272.87 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $313.32 | $104.44 – $634.10 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $318.72 | $55.70 – $249.60 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $313.32 | $126.82 – $634.10 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $612.44 | $107.67 – $933.72 |