Removal of foreign body at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$1,446.00
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.
$2,892.00
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.
$665.16 with United vs $15,006.45 with Timpte — 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 | $665.16 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $671.82 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $751.59 | ↓ -48% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,648.44 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,793.04 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,793.04 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,995.48 | ↑ +38% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,313.60 | ↑ +60% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $2,331.01 | ↑ +61% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,331.01 | ↑ +61% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,376.71 | ↑ +64% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,762.28 | ↑ +91% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $2,762.28 | ↑ +91% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,762.28 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,762.28 | ↑ +91% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $2,762.28 | ↑ +91% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $2,845.15 | ↑ +97% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,900.39 | ↑ +101% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $5,389.00 | ↑ +273% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,132.26 | ↑ +324% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,333.00 | ↑ +338% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $6,675.00 | ↑ +362% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $7,934.00 | ↑ +449% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $13,049.09 | ↑ +802% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $13,049.09 | ↑ +802% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $13,049.09 | ↑ +802% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $15,006.45 | ↑ +938% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $15,006.45 | ↑ +938% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $15,006.45 | ↑ +938% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $15,006.45 | ↑ +938% |
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Removal of foreign body at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | not published | $751.59 – $751.59 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $681.46 | $368.28 – $811.89 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $2,250.36 | $751.59 – $4,554.30 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $2,061.25 | $355.15 – $1,624.84 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $2,250.36 | $750.12 – $4,554.30 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $2,237.68 | $355.15 – $1,591.68 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $2,250.36 | $910.86 – $4,554.30 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $2,250.36 | $751.59 – $4,554.30 |