Mayo iodine 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

$286.00

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.

$572.00

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.

$10.81 with United vs $53.52 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.

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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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $10.81 ↓ -96%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $10.92 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Plans $23.01 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $23.36 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $23.36 ↓ -92%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $23.82 ↓ -92%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $24.05 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -92%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -92%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -92%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $24.83 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $25.32 ↓ -91%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $26.79 ↓ -91%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $29.14 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $29.14 ↓ -90%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $32.43 ↓ -89%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $37.60 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|ACO $46.66 ↓ -84%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $47.00 ↓ -84%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $47.00 ↓ -84%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $47.00 ↓ -84%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $47.00 ↓ -84%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $47.00 ↓ -84%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $47.00 ↓ -84%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $47.00 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $49.57 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $51.91 ↓ -82%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -81%

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Mayo iodine at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $44.75 $32.12 – $70.81
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $240.24 $8.46 – $53.52
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $345.95 $22.07 – $100.94
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $240.24 $6.58 – $53.52
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $63.91 $16.50 – $73.92
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $240.24 $7.99 – $51.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $109.80 $23.36 – $180.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $67.26 $23.36 – $114.00

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