Venous sampling s&i 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

$1,500.50

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.

$3,001.00

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.

$150.49 with Medica vs $11,582.32 with AMPS — 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 $150.49 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $198.40 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $207.76 ↓ -86%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $498.03 ↓ -67%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $498.03 ↓ -67%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $498.03 ↓ -67%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $572.74 ↓ -62%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $572.74 ↓ -62%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $572.74 ↓ -62%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $572.74 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $690.23 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $697.14 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,710.57 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,710.57 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,860.62 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,860.62 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,920.64 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,070.69 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,400.80 ↑ +60%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $4,402.70 ↑ +193%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4,402.70 ↑ +193%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4,489.02 ↑ +199%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +248%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +248%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +248%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +248%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +248%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5,373.78 ↑ +258%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5,478.12 ↑ +265%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $11,582.32 ↑ +672%

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Venous sampling s&i at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,000.88 $150.49 – $3,856.45
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,000.88 $150.49 – $3,856.45
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,000.88 $301.16 – $3,856.45
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,883.07 $150.49 – $2,870.91
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,686.22 $150.49 – $2,686.52
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,000.88 $150.49 – $3,856.45
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $2,000.88 $150.49 – $3,856.45

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