Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$394.80

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.

$470.00

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.

$99.43 with Humana vs $220.74 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 $99.43 ↓ -75%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $99.43 ↓ -75%
United Medicare|All Plans $99.43 ↓ -75%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $99.43 ↓ -75%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $99.43 ↓ -75%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $101.42 ↓ -74%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $101.42 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $104.41 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $104.41 ↓ -74%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $105.95 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $105.95 ↓ -73%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $110.19 ↓ -72%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $147.11 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $148.33 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $148.33 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|All Plans $154.85 ↓ -61%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $154.85 ↓ -61%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $156.48 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|ACO $156.48 ↓ -60%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $156.48 ↓ -60%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $156.48 ↓ -60%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $156.48 ↓ -60%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $156.48 ↓ -60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $156.48 ↓ -60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $156.48 ↓ -60%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $156.48 ↓ -60%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $156.48 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $156.48 ↓ -60%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $156.48 ↓ -60%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $159.74 ↓ -60%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $159.74 ↓ -60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $220.74 ↓ -44%

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $420.84 $150.91 – $851.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $399.50 $34.92 – $184.55
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $420.84 $140.28 – $851.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $390.10 $100.68 – $451.20
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CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,013.03 $150.91 – $1,613.98
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $420.84 $150.91 – $851.70
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $858.50 $150.91 – $1,373.60

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