Natriuretic peptide 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

$196.00

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.

$392.00

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.

$38.05 with Centene vs $316.22 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 $38.05 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $38.05 ↓ -81%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $38.79 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $39.26 ↓ -80%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $39.26 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $39.26 ↓ -80%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $39.26 ↓ -80%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $39.26 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $40.44 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $41.22 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Plans $43.27 ↓ -78%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $45.22 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|ACO $75.66 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $80.72 ↓ -59%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $84.53 ↓ -57%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $87.16 ↓ -56%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $90.16 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $91.07 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $223.44 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $243.04 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $243.04 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $270.48 ↑ +38%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $274.97 ↑ +40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $274.97 ↑ +40%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $274.97 ↑ +40%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $313.60 ↑ +60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $316.22 ↑ +61%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $316.22 ↑ +61%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $316.22 ↑ +61%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $316.22 ↑ +61%

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Natriuretic peptide at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $82.80 $38.05 – $147.60
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $112.18 $80.52 – $177.51
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $172.62 $38.05 – $349.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $129.20 $22.07 – $100.94
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $172.62 $38.05 – $349.35
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $238.21 $24.21 – $108.48
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $172.62 $38.05 – $349.35
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $196.42 $38.05 – $322.00

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