Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm 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

$227.50

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.

$455.00

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.

$40.95 with Medica vs $856.03 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|All Other Plans $40.95 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|ACO $45.49 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $104.65 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $105.70 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $259.35 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $282.10 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $282.10 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $313.95 ↑ +38%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $325.40 ↑ +43%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $325.40 ↑ +43%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $331.78 ↑ +46%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $364.00 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $385.60 ↑ +69%
United Medicare|All Plans $385.60 ↑ +69%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $385.60 ↑ +69%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $385.60 ↑ +69%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $385.60 ↑ +69%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $397.17 ↑ +75%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $404.88 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $698.01 ↑ +207%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $856.03 ↑ +276%

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $189.42 $40.95 – $383.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $380.80 $95.97 – $507.23
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $189.42 $40.95 – $383.35
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $845.77 $90.83 – $407.04
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $189.42 $76.67 – $383.35
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $373.93 $40.95 – $570.09
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $376.42 $40.95 – $599.72
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $189.42 $40.95 – $383.35

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