Tilt table study at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$1,457.00
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.
$2,914.00
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.
$136.84 with Medica vs $4,406.00 with United — 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $136.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $432.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $432.15 | ↓ -70% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $440.63 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $512.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $512.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $512.10 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $512.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $512.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $527.46 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $537.71 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $670.22 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $676.93 | ↓ -54% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,136.86 | ↓ -22% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,381.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,621.00 | ↑ +11% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,660.98 | ↑ +14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,806.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,806.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,010.66 | ↑ +38% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,331.20 | ↑ +60% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $3,708.00 | ↑ +154% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $4,406.00 | ↑ +202% |
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Tilt table study at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $832.60 | $136.84 – $1,484.20 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $900.32 | $728.20 – $1,605.35 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $1,946.28 | $136.84 – $3,624.40 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $2,180.25 | $549.43 – $2,904.10 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $1,946.28 | $136.84 – $3,624.40 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $1,946.28 | $724.88 – $3,624.40 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $2,480.36 | $136.84 – $3,951.76 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $1,946.28 | $136.84 – $3,624.40 |