Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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

$538.00

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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.

$1,076.00

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.

$53.17 with Medica vs $828.00 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $53.17 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $112.50 ↓ -79%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $117.81 ↓ -78%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $146.44 ↓ -73%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $146.44 ↓ -73%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $146.44 ↓ -73%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $168.41 ↓ -69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $168.41 ↓ -69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $168.41 ↓ -69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $168.41 ↓ -69%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $238.05 ↓ -56%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $240.44 ↓ -55%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $589.95 ↑ +10%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $589.95 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $641.70 ↑ +19%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $641.70 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|All Plans $662.40 ↑ +23%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $714.15 ↑ +33%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $828.00 ↑ +54%

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $546.02 $53.17 – $933.98
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $481.10 $62.92 – $138.71
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $448.14 $53.17 – $833.85
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $661.30 $158.73 – $838.97
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $448.14 $53.17 – $833.85
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $830.00 $191.93 – $860.16
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $448.14 $91.85 – $833.85
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $761.28 $53.17 – $1,160.64

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