Chlamydia culture 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

$190.07

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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.

$229.00

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.

$19.60 with United vs $219.84 with Medica — 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
United Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -90%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $19.60 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $19.99 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $20.58 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $20.58 ↓ -89%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $43.51 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $49.06 ↓ -74%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $50.02 ↓ -74%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $93.89 ↓ -51%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $93.89 ↓ -51%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $206.68 ↑ +9%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $208.39 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $208.39 ↑ +10%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $217.55 ↑ +14%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $217.55 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|All Plans $219.84 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $219.84 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $219.84 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $219.84 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $219.84 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $219.84 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $219.84 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $219.84 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $219.84 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $219.84 ↑ +16%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $219.84 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|ACO $219.84 ↑ +16%

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Chlamydia culture at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $48.78 $31.24 – $68.87
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $84.00 $18.99 – $170.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $223.55 $19.60 – $257.74
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $84.00 $18.99 – $170.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $82.34 $18.99 – $146.78
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $84.00 $18.99 – $170.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $114.07 $18.99 – $187.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $100.30 $18.99 – $170.00

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