CT lower extremity without contrast (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

$2,704.80

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.

$3,220.00

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.

$1,964.20 with Humana vs $4,360.53 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 $1,964.20 ↓ -27%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,964.20 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,964.20 ↓ -27%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,964.20 ↓ -27%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,964.20 ↓ -27%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $2,003.49 ↓ -26%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $2,003.49 ↓ -26%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $2,062.41 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,062.41 ↓ -24%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,093.00 ↓ -23%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,093.00 ↓ -23%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,176.72 ↓ -20%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $2,906.05 ↑ +7%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,930.20 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,930.20 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|All Plans $3,059.00 ↑ +13%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $3,059.00 ↑ +13%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|ACO $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,091.20 ↑ +14%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,155.60 ↑ +17%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,155.60 ↑ +17%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $4,360.53 ↑ +61%

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CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,045.68 $721.16 – $1,589.83
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $805.98 $162.27 – $1,631.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,737.00 $689.73 – $3,645.69
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $805.98 $162.27 – $1,631.15
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $881.36 $162.27 – $1,571.12
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,332.30 $601.91 – $2,697.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $805.98 $326.23 – $1,631.15
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,442.04 $162.27 – $2,198.52

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