Biopsy needle lymph node superficial 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

$1,401.96

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.

$1,669.00

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.

$309.88 with Humana vs $687.94 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 $309.88 ↓ -78%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $309.88 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $309.88 ↓ -78%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $309.88 ↓ -78%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $309.88 ↓ -78%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $316.08 ↓ -77%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $316.08 ↓ -77%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $325.38 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $325.38 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $330.20 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $330.20 ↓ -76%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $343.41 ↓ -76%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $458.47 ↓ -67%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $462.28 ↓ -67%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $462.28 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Plans $482.60 ↓ -66%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $482.60 ↓ -66%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $487.68 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $487.68 ↓ -65%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $487.68 ↓ -65%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $487.68 ↓ -65%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $487.68 ↓ -65%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $487.68 ↓ -65%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $487.68 ↓ -65%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $487.68 ↓ -65%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $487.68 ↓ -65%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $487.68 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $487.68 ↓ -65%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $487.68 ↓ -65%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $497.84 ↓ -64%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $497.84 ↓ -64%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $687.94 ↓ -51%

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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,171.38 $161.87 – $2,370.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,418.65 $108.82 – $575.16
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,171.38 $161.87 – $2,370.65
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,245.22 $161.87 – $2,219.74
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,586.96 $108.82 – $487.68
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,171.38 $474.13 – $2,370.65
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,703.73 $161.87 – $2,597.49
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,647.87 $161.87 – $2,625.42

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