Event monitor 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

$407.40

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.

$485.00

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.

$276.33 with Humana vs $613.46 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 $276.33 ↓ -32%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $276.33 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $276.33 ↓ -32%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $276.33 ↓ -32%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $276.33 ↓ -32%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $281.86 ↓ -31%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $281.86 ↓ -31%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $290.15 ↓ -29%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $290.15 ↓ -29%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $294.45 ↓ -28%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $294.45 ↓ -28%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $306.23 ↓ -25%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $408.84 ↑ +0%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $412.23 ↑ +1%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $412.23 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|All Plans $430.35 ↑ +6%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $430.35 ↑ +6%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $434.88 ↑ +7%
Medica Commercial|ACO $434.88 ↑ +7%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $434.88 ↑ +7%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $434.88 ↑ +7%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $434.88 ↑ +7%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $434.88 ↑ +7%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $434.88 ↑ +7%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $434.88 ↑ +7%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $434.88 ↑ +7%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $434.88 ↑ +7%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $434.88 ↑ +7%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $434.88 ↑ +7%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $443.94 ↑ +9%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $443.94 ↑ +9%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $613.46 ↑ +51%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $272.24 $180.40 – $397.70
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $278.88 $15.35 – $519.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $412.25 $97.04 – $512.89
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $278.88 $15.35 – $519.35
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $392.59 $101.32 – $454.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $278.88 $103.87 – $519.35
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $328.79 $15.35 – $501.27
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