Contrast x-ray of wrist 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

$516.26

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$622.00

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.

$133.24 with Amerigroup vs $597.12 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

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 $133.24 ↓ -74%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $135.85 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $248.80 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $248.80 ↓ -52%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $248.80 ↓ -52%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $248.80 ↓ -52%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $248.80 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $253.78 ↓ -51%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $255.02 ↓ -51%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $255.02 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $261.24 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $261.24 ↓ -49%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $552.34 ↑ +7%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $561.36 ↑ +9%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $566.02 ↑ +10%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $566.02 ↑ +10%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $590.90 ↑ +14%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $590.90 ↑ +14%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $597.12 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $597.12 ↑ +16%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $597.12 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Plans $597.12 ↑ +16%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $597.12 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|ACO $597.12 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $597.12 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $597.12 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $597.12 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $597.12 ↑ +16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $597.12 ↑ +16%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $597.12 ↑ +16%

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Contrast x-ray of wrist at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $395.22 $169.38 – $799.85
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $395.22 $131.74 – $799.85
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $395.22 $159.97 – $799.85
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $574.01 $197.61 – $875.13
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $853.73 $204.52 – $1,360.18
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $395.22 $159.97 – $799.85
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $723.50 $204.52 – $1,157.60
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $395.22 $150.56 – $799.85

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