Plastic mod low ext pad/line at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$165.74
Cash price 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.
$331.47
Gross charge 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.
$76.24 with United vs $368.10 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $76.24 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $77.01 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $125.84 | ↓ -24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $125.84 | ↓ -24% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $128.30 | ↓ -23% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $188.94 | ↑ +14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $205.52 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $205.52 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $228.72 | ↑ +38% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $265.18 | ↑ +60% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $331.47 | ↑ +100% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $351.51 | ↑ +112% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $368.10 | ↑ +122% |
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Plastic mod low ext pad/line at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $152.48 | $79.56 – $271.81 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $139.22 | $59.67 – $281.75 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $281.75 | $71.01 – $375.30 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $139.22 | $46.41 – $281.75 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $275.13 | $71.01 – $318.22 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $139.22 | $56.35 – $281.75 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $202.20 | $69.61 – $308.27 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $201.28 | $76.24 – $311.59 |