Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$52.29

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.

$63.00

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.

$12.64 with Amerigroup vs $56.64 with One World — 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 $12.64 ↓ -76%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $12.89 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -64%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -64%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -64%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -64%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $19.34 ↓ -63%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $19.91 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $19.91 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $24.19 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $24.19 ↓ -54%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $42.09 ↓ -20%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $53.25 ↑ +2%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $53.69 ↑ +3%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $53.69 ↑ +3%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $56.05 ↑ +7%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $56.05 ↑ +7%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $56.64 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $56.64 ↑ +8%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $56.64 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|All Plans $56.64 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $56.64 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|ACO $56.64 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $56.64 ↑ +8%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $56.64 ↑ +8%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $56.64 ↑ +8%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $56.64 ↑ +8%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $56.64 ↑ +8%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $56.64 ↑ +8%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $201.68 $25.08 – $55.29
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $99.96 $18.37 – $202.30
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $204.00 $12.43 – $56.84
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $99.96 $18.37 – $202.30
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $79.58 $18.37 – $141.86
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $99.96 $18.37 – $202.30
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $112.85 $18.37 – $185.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $109.15 $18.37 – $185.00

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