Assay of estrogen at CHI Health St. Mary's

1301 GRUNDMAN BLVD, Nebraska City, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1528016995

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$170.98

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.

$206.00

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.

$44.13 with Amerigroup vs $197.76 with Millard Public Schools — 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -74%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $45.00 ↓ -74%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $84.46 ↓ -51%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $84.46 ↓ -51%
United Medicare|All Plans $87.88 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $87.88 ↓ -49%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $87.88 ↓ -49%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $87.88 ↓ -49%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $87.88 ↓ -49%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $89.64 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $92.27 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $92.28 ↓ -46%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $185.92 ↑ +9%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $187.46 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $187.46 ↑ +10%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $195.09 ↑ +14%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $195.70 ↑ +14%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $195.70 ↑ +14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $197.76 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $197.76 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $197.76 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Plans $197.76 ↑ +16%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $197.76 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $197.76 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $197.76 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|ACO $197.76 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $197.76 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $197.76 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $197.76 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $197.76 ↑ +16%

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Assay of estrogen at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $208.74 $85.16 – $497.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $245.65 $61.91 – $283.22
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $208.74 $69.58 – $497.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $208.74 $84.49 – $497.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $208.74 $84.49 – $497.00
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $242.76 $87.88 – $283.22
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $208.74 $79.52 – $497.00

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