Monovisc inj per dose 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

$101.51

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.

$203.02

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.

$46.70 with United vs $1,533.32 with Medica — 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 $46.70 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $47.17 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $115.73 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $125.88 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $125.88 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $140.09 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $162.42 ↑ +60%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $182.72 ↑ +80%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $203.02 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $203.02 ↑ +100%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $203.02 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $203.02 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $203.02 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $203.02 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $203.02 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $203.02 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $203.02 ↑ +100%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $510.15 ↑ +403%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $510.15 ↑ +403%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $510.15 ↑ +403%
United Medicare|All Plans $510.15 ↑ +403%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $510.15 ↑ +403%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $525.45 ↑ +418%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $535.66 ↑ +428%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,132.53 ↑ +1016%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,464.24 ↑ +1342%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,533.32 ↑ +1411%

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Monovisc inj per dose at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $93.39 $48.73 – $182.72
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,705.31 $553.47 – $3,451.23
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $3,451.23 $869.71 – $4,597.03
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,705.31 $553.47 – $3,451.23
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $168.51 $43.49 – $194.90
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,705.31 $690.25 – $3,451.23
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $123.84 $42.64 – $203.02
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $119.78 $46.70 – $203.02

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