Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance 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

$1,291.48

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.

$1,556.00

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.

$105.82 with Amerigroup vs $474.24 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 $105.82 ↓ -92%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $107.89 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $197.60 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $197.60 ↓ -85%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $197.60 ↓ -85%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $197.60 ↓ -85%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $197.60 ↓ -85%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $201.56 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $202.54 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $202.54 ↓ -84%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $207.48 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $207.48 ↓ -84%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $438.68 ↓ -66%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $445.84 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $449.54 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $449.54 ↓ -65%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $469.30 ↓ -64%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $469.30 ↓ -64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $474.24 ↓ -63%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $474.24 ↓ -63%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $474.24 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|All Plans $474.24 ↓ -63%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $474.24 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|ACO $474.24 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $474.24 ↓ -63%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $474.24 ↓ -63%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $474.24 ↓ -63%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $474.24 ↓ -63%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $474.24 ↓ -63%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $474.24 ↓ -63%

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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,306.59 $216.04 – $1,080.64
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,098.30 $204.90 – $2,222.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,531.70 $105.82 – $559.31
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,098.30 $204.90 – $2,222.75
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,098.30 $444.55 – $2,222.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,557.33 $204.90 – $2,374.29
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $880.87 $204.90 – $1,403.42
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,098.30 $204.90 – $2,222.75

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