Mayo chromium 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

$202.00

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.

$404.00

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.

$19.66 with Centene vs $323.20 with MultiPlan PHCS — 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 $19.66 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $19.66 ↓ -90%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $20.04 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.28 ↓ -90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $20.28 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.28 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $20.28 ↓ -90%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $20.28 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $20.89 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $21.29 ↓ -89%
United Commercial|All Plans $25.86 ↓ -87%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $27.02 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|ACO $39.10 ↓ -81%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $41.70 ↓ -79%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $43.66 ↓ -78%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $45.02 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $92.92 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $93.85 ↓ -54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $140.19 ↓ -31%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $140.19 ↓ -31%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $140.19 ↓ -31%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $161.22 ↓ -20%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $161.22 ↓ -20%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $161.22 ↓ -20%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $161.22 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $230.28 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $250.48 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $250.48 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $278.76 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $323.20 ↑ +60%

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Mayo chromium at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $37.39 $26.84 – $59.17
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $93.66 $19.66 – $189.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $187.00 $20.28 – $215.60
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $93.66 $19.66 – $189.55
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $28.22 $7.29 – $45.02
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $93.66 $19.66 – $189.55
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $50.02 $17.22 – $82.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $48.38 $18.86 – $82.00

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