T4 (thyroxine) total 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

$32.50

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.

$65.00

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.

$6.66 with Centene vs $64.01 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $6.66 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $6.66 ↓ -80%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $6.79 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -79%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -79%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -79%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $6.87 ↓ -79%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7.21 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Plans $8.76 ↓ -73%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $9.15 ↓ -72%
Medica Commercial|ACO $13.25 ↓ -59%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $14.12 ↓ -57%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $14.79 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $14.95 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $15.10 ↓ -54%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $15.25 ↓ -53%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $37.05 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $40.30 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $40.30 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $44.85 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $52.00 ↑ +60%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $55.66 ↑ +71%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $55.66 ↑ +71%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $55.66 ↑ +71%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $64.01 ↑ +97%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $64.01 ↑ +97%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $64.01 ↑ +97%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $64.01 ↑ +97%

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T4 (thyroxine) total at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $24.84 $6.66 – $44.28
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $34.33 $24.64 – $54.32
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $28.98 $6.66 – $58.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $120.70 $4.50 – $20.58
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $28.98 $6.66 – $58.65
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $72.21 $5.15 – $23.04
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $28.98 $6.66 – $58.65
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $57.34 $6.66 – $87.42

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