Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$106.00

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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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$212.00

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.

$15.29 with United vs $169.60 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

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
United Commercial|All Plans $15.29 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $15.58 ↓ -85%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $15.58 ↓ -85%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $15.88 ↓ -85%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $15.98 ↓ -85%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -85%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -85%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.07 ↓ -85%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $16.55 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|ACO $30.89 ↓ -71%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $33.04 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $34.60 ↓ -67%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $35.68 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $48.76 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $49.25 ↓ -54%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $97.15 ↓ -8%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $97.15 ↓ -8%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $97.15 ↓ -8%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $111.73 ↑ +5%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $111.73 ↑ +5%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $111.73 ↑ +5%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $111.73 ↑ +5%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $120.84 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $131.44 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $131.44 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $146.28 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $169.60 ↑ +60%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $70.84 $15.58 – $126.28
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $44.66 $28.60 – $63.05
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $135.66 $15.58 – $274.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $246.50 $16.07 – $284.20
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $135.66 $15.58 – $274.55
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $93.79 $16.07 – $108.48
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $135.66 $15.58 – $274.55
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $49.41 $15.58 – $81.00

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