Drainage external ear simple 69000 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

$436.58

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.

$526.00

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.

$58.05 with Amerigroup vs $260.16 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 $58.05 ↓ -87%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $59.19 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -75%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -75%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -75%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $108.40 ↓ -75%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $110.57 ↓ -75%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $111.11 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $111.11 ↓ -75%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $113.82 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $113.82 ↓ -74%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $240.65 ↓ -45%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $244.58 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $246.61 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $246.61 ↓ -44%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $257.45 ↓ -41%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $257.45 ↓ -41%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $260.16 ↓ -40%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $260.16 ↓ -40%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $260.16 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Plans $260.16 ↓ -40%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $260.16 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|ACO $260.16 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $260.16 ↓ -40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $260.16 ↓ -40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $260.16 ↓ -40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $260.16 ↓ -40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $260.16 ↓ -40%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $260.16 ↓ -40%

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Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $204.17 $110.44 – $243.47
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $304.92 $130.68 – $617.10
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $447.10 $52.06 – $275.13
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $304.92 $101.64 – $617.10
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $304.92 $123.42 – $617.10
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $340.99 $117.39 – $519.87
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $329.81 $128.57 – $525.46
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $304.92 $123.42 – $617.10

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