X-ray knee ap standing bilateral 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

$155.00

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.

$310.00

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.

$60.10 with Medica vs $248.00 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 $60.10 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $71.30 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $71.71 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $71.71 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $72.02 ↓ -54%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.11 ↓ -53%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $76.40 ↓ -51%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $80.01 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -45%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -45%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -45%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -45%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $87.53 ↓ -44%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $89.23 ↓ -42%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $125.07 ↓ -19%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $125.07 ↓ -19%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $125.07 ↓ -19%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $143.83 ↓ -7%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $143.83 ↓ -7%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $143.83 ↓ -7%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $143.83 ↓ -7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $176.70 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $176.70 ↑ +14%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $188.66 ↑ +22%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $192.20 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $192.20 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $198.40 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $213.90 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $248.00 ↑ +60%

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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $127.42 $60.10 – $227.14
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $377.67 $231.44 – $510.22
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $120.54 $51.66 – $243.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $282.20 $71.12 – $375.90
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $120.54 $40.18 – $243.95
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $111.22 $28.71 – $128.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $120.54 $48.79 – $243.95
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $195.81 $60.10 – $298.53

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