Macroscopic exam parasite 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

$22.00

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.

$44.00

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.

$4.17 with Centene vs $39.78 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $4.17 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4.17 ↓ -81%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4.25 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -80%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -80%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -80%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $4.31 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $4.44 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4.53 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Plans $5.45 ↓ -75%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5.70 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|ACO $8.19 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $8.86 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $9.28 ↓ -58%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $9.57 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $10.12 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $10.23 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $25.08 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $27.28 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $27.28 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $30.36 ↑ +38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $34.59 ↑ +57%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $34.59 ↑ +57%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $34.59 ↑ +57%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $35.20 ↑ +60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $39.78 ↑ +81%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $39.78 ↑ +81%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $39.78 ↑ +81%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $39.78 ↑ +81%

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Macroscopic exam parasite at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $39.85 $25.52 – $56.26
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $41.58 $4.17 – $84.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $67.15 $4.31 – $77.42
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $41.58 $4.17 – $84.15
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $28.22 $4.31 – $32.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $41.58 $4.17 – $84.15
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $51.85 $4.17 – $79.05
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $45.43 $4.17 – $72.38

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