Lymphatics/lymph node imaging 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

$1,098.50

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.

$2,197.00

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.

$438.40 with Amerigroup vs $1,929.00 with Millard Public Schools — 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $438.40 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $438.40 ↓ -60%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $446.99 ↓ -59%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $505.31 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|ACO $506.33 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $510.37 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -53%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -53%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -53%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -53%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $535.10 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $545.49 ↓ -50%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $630.62 ↓ -43%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $660.37 ↓ -40%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,153.31 ↑ +5%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,252.29 ↑ +14%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,252.29 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,362.14 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,362.14 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,406.08 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,515.93 ↑ +38%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,677.38 ↑ +53%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,677.38 ↑ +53%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,677.38 ↑ +53%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,757.60 ↑ +60%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,929.00 ↑ +76%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,929.00 ↑ +76%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,929.00 ↑ +76%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,929.00 ↑ +76%

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Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,081.41 $745.80 – $1,644.15
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $956.34 $409.86 – $1,935.45
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,430.55 $360.50 – $1,905.50
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $956.34 $318.78 – $1,935.45
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $956.34 $387.09 – $1,935.45
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,537.81 $506.33 – $2,387.69
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,459.66 $506.33 – $2,474.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $956.34 $387.09 – $1,935.45

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