Rapid Strep Test 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

$118.00

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.

$236.00

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 $188.80 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
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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 ↓ -87%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $15.98 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $16.01 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $16.01 ↓ -86%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $16.33 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.53 ↓ -86%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $16.53 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.53 ↓ -86%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $16.53 ↓ -86%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $16.53 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $17.36 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial|ACO $31.52 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $33.99 ↓ -71%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $35.59 ↓ -70%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $36.70 ↓ -69%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $54.28 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $54.83 ↓ -54%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $97.15 ↓ -18%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $97.15 ↓ -18%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $97.15 ↓ -18%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $111.73 ↓ -5%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $111.73 ↓ -5%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $111.73 ↓ -5%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $111.73 ↓ -5%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $134.52 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $146.32 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $146.32 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $162.84 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $188.80 ↑ +60%

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Rapid Strep Test at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $40.02 $16.01 – $71.34
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $34.35 $22.00 – $48.50
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $125.58 $16.01 – $254.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $167.45 $7.72 – $36.70
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $125.58 $16.01 – $254.15
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $88.81 $8.14 – $36.70
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $125.58 $16.01 – $254.15
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $34.77 $11.97 – $57.00

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