Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at CHI Health Plainview

704 N 3rd St, Plainview, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1861765034

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$175.56

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.

$209.00

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.

$16.77 with Humana vs $49.98 with PHCS — 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
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -90%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $17.11 ↓ -90%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $17.11 ↓ -90%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $17.61 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $17.61 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $33.15 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $33.15 ↓ -81%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $34.48 ↓ -80%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -79%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $46.03 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $46.41 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $46.41 ↓ -74%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $48.45 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Plans $48.45 ↓ -72%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $48.96 ↓ -72%
Medica Commercial|ACO $48.96 ↓ -72%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $48.96 ↓ -72%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $48.96 ↓ -72%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $48.96 ↓ -72%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $48.96 ↓ -72%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $48.96 ↓ -72%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $48.96 ↓ -72%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $48.96 ↓ -72%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $48.96 ↓ -72%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $48.96 ↓ -72%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $48.96 ↓ -72%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49.98 ↓ -72%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $49.98 ↓ -72%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $31.26 $22.44 – $49.47
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $103.74 $16.25 – $191.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $177.65 $10.93 – $49.98
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $103.74 $16.25 – $191.25
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $40.02 $16.25 – $71.34
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $67.23 $12.00 – $53.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $103.74 $16.25 – $191.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $75.03 $16.25 – $123.00

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