Fluoroguide needle placement 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

$948.36

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.

$1,129.00

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.

$669.78 with Humana vs $1,486.92 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 $669.78 ↓ -29%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $669.78 ↓ -29%
United Medicare|All Plans $669.78 ↓ -29%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $669.78 ↓ -29%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $669.78 ↓ -29%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $683.18 ↓ -28%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $683.18 ↓ -28%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $703.27 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $703.27 ↓ -26%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $713.70 ↓ -25%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $713.70 ↓ -25%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $742.25 ↓ -22%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $990.95 ↑ +4%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $999.18 ↑ +5%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $999.18 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,043.10 ↑ +10%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $1,043.10 ↑ +10%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,054.08 ↑ +11%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,076.04 ↑ +13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,076.04 ↑ +13%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,486.92 ↑ +57%

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $484.65 $297.00 – $654.75
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $538.44 $169.20 – $1,089.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $959.65 $235.20 – $1,243.16
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $538.44 $169.20 – $1,089.70
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $139.38 $72.72 – $248.46
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $979.40 $243.12 – $1,089.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $538.44 $212.80 – $1,089.70
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $991.86 $169.20 – $1,512.18

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