Rsv assay w/optic 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

$27.00

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.

$54.00

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.

$12.42 with United vs $54.00 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $12.42 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $12.55 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $12.70 ↓ -53%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $12.70 ↓ -53%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $12.95 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -51%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -51%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -51%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -51%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $13.49 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $13.76 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Plans $15.29 ↓ -43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $15.98 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|ACO $25.22 ↓ -7%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $26.93 ↓ -0%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $28.20 ↑ +4%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $29.08 ↑ +8%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $30.78 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $33.48 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $33.48 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $37.26 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $43.20 ↑ +60%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $54.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $54.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $54.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $54.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $54.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $54.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $54.00 ↑ +100%

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Rsv assay w/optic at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $27.48 $17.60 – $38.80
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $86.94 $12.70 – $175.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $30.60 $7.72 – $35.28
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $86.94 $12.70 – $175.95
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $142.76 $13.10 – $165.12
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $86.94 $12.70 – $175.95
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $86.94 $12.70 – $175.95
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $30.24 $13.10 – $35.28

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