St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$193.00

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.

$386.00

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.

$72.01 with Centene vs $308.80 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $72.01 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $72.01 ↓ -63%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.42 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $88.78 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $89.67 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $148.88 ↓ -23%
Medica Commercial|ACO $166.55 ↓ -14%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $167.26 ↓ -13%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $181.00 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|All Plans $216.00 ↑ +12%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $220.02 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $239.32 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $239.32 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $266.34 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $308.80 ↑ +60%

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $159.62 $72.01 – $284.54
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $180.84 $93.72 – $206.61
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $154.98 $66.42 – $313.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,300.50 $68.55 – $362.31
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $154.98 $51.66 – $313.65
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $185.09 $47.77 – $214.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $154.98 $62.73 – $313.65
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $222.04 $72.01 – $338.52

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