Treatment radiation delivery level 2 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

$449.50

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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.

$899.00

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.

$206.77 with United vs $719.20 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $206.77 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $208.84 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $214.18 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $214.18 ↓ -52%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $218.38 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $253.81 ↓ -44%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $253.81 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $253.81 ↓ -44%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $253.81 ↓ -44%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $253.81 ↓ -44%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $261.42 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $266.50 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|ACO $327.68 ↓ -27%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $336.88 ↓ -25%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $352.77 ↓ -22%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $512.43 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $512.43 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $557.38 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $557.38 ↑ +24%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $563.46 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|All Plans $575.36 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $620.31 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $719.20 ↑ +60%

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Treatment radiation delivery level 2 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $472.08 $202.32 – $955.40
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $472.08 $157.36 – $955.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $472.08 $191.08 – $955.40
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $530.41 $206.77 – $845.06
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $472.08 $191.08 – $955.40
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $472.08 $179.84 – $955.40

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