X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw 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

$167.50

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.

$335.00

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.

$56.32 with Medica vs $268.00 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 $56.32 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $77.05 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $77.83 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $78.05 ↓ -53%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $81.73 ↓ -51%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $86.61 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $86.61 ↓ -48%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -39%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -39%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -39%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -39%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $105.71 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $107.76 ↓ -36%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $152.28 ↓ -9%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $152.28 ↓ -9%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $152.28 ↓ -9%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $175.12 ↑ +5%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $175.12 ↑ +5%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $175.12 ↑ +5%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $175.12 ↑ +5%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $190.95 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $190.95 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $207.70 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $207.70 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $214.40 ↑ +28%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $227.84 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $231.15 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $268.00 ↑ +60%

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $152.72 $56.32 – $272.24
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $527.01 $322.96 – $711.98
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $519.54 $56.32 – $1,051.45
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,317.50 $332.01 – $1,754.91
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $519.54 $56.32 – $1,051.45
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $611.71 $157.87 – $707.52
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $519.54 $95.35 – $1,051.45
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $527.04 $56.32 – $803.52

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