Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) 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

$376.32

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.

$448.00

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.

$170.19 with Humana vs $377.83 with AMPS — 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 $170.19 ↓ -55%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $170.19 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Plans $170.19 ↓ -55%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $170.19 ↓ -55%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $170.19 ↓ -55%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $173.60 ↓ -54%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $173.60 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $178.70 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $178.70 ↓ -53%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $181.35 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $181.35 ↓ -52%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $188.61 ↓ -50%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $251.80 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $253.89 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $253.89 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|All Plans $265.05 ↓ -30%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $265.05 ↓ -30%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $267.84 ↓ -29%
Medica Commercial|ACO $267.84 ↓ -29%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $267.84 ↓ -29%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $267.84 ↓ -29%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $267.84 ↓ -29%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $267.84 ↓ -29%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $267.84 ↓ -29%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $267.84 ↓ -29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $267.84 ↓ -29%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $267.84 ↓ -29%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $267.84 ↓ -29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $267.84 ↓ -29%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $273.42 ↓ -27%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $273.42 ↓ -27%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $377.83 ↑ +0%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

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CHI Health Midlands Papillion $280.56 $110.94 – $567.80
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