Ventilator initial day 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

$1,700.67

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.

$2,049.00

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.

$211.85 with Amerigroup vs $949.44 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 $211.85 ↓ -88%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $216.00 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $395.60 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $395.60 ↓ -77%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $395.60 ↓ -77%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $395.60 ↓ -77%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $395.60 ↓ -77%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $403.52 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $405.49 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $405.49 ↓ -76%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $415.38 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $415.38 ↓ -76%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $878.24 ↓ -48%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $892.58 ↓ -48%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $899.99 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $899.99 ↓ -47%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $939.55 ↓ -45%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $939.55 ↓ -45%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $949.44 ↓ -44%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $949.44 ↓ -44%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $949.44 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Plans $949.44 ↓ -44%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $949.44 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|ACO $949.44 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $949.44 ↓ -44%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $949.44 ↓ -44%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $949.44 ↓ -44%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $949.44 ↓ -44%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $949.44 ↓ -44%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $949.44 ↓ -44%

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Ventilator initial day at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $688.82 $535.48 – $1,180.49
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $401.10 $132.48 – $625.60
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $575.45 $145.02 – $766.50
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $401.10 $103.04 – $625.60
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $787.52 $156.82 – $1,403.84
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $401.10 $125.12 – $625.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,224.88 $156.82 – $1,867.44
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,184.72 $156.82 – $1,887.52

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