Coombs direct 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

$81.34

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.

$98.00

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.

$5.39 with United vs $53.76 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 $5.39 ↓ -93%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -93%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -93%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $5.39 ↓ -93%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5.50 ↓ -93%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5.66 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5.66 ↓ -93%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $11.97 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $12.00 ↓ -85%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $12.24 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $22.96 ↓ -72%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $22.96 ↓ -72%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $50.54 ↓ -38%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $50.96 ↓ -37%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $50.96 ↓ -37%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $53.20 ↓ -35%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $53.20 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|All Plans $53.76 ↓ -34%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $53.76 ↓ -34%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $53.76 ↓ -34%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $53.76 ↓ -34%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $53.76 ↓ -34%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $53.76 ↓ -34%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $53.76 ↓ -34%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $53.76 ↓ -34%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $53.76 ↓ -34%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $53.76 ↓ -34%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $53.76 ↓ -34%
Medica Commercial|ACO $53.76 ↓ -34%

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Coombs direct at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $92.16 $52.80 – $116.40
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $93.66 $10.08 – $189.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $82.45 $5.39 – $89.18
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $93.66 $10.08 – $189.55
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $39.56 $8.37 – $55.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $93.66 $22.66 – $189.55
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $40.87 $10.08 – $62.31
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $66.67 $10.08 – $53.00

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