MRI chest without & w/contrast at CHI Health Plainview
704 N 3rd St, Plainview, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1861765034
$3,591.84
Cash price 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.
$4,276.00
Gross charge 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.
$2,608.36 with Humana vs $5,790.56 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,608.36 | ↓ -27% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $2,608.36 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,608.36 | ↓ -27% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,608.36 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,608.36 | ↓ -27% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $2,660.53 | ↓ -26% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $2,660.53 | ↓ -26% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $2,738.78 | ↓ -24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,738.78 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $2,779.40 | ↓ -23% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $2,779.40 | ↓ -23% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,890.58 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|BluePrint | $3,859.09 | ↑ +7% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,891.16 | ↑ +8% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $3,891.16 | ↑ +8% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $4,062.20 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,062.20 | ↑ +13% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $4,104.96 | ↑ +14% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,190.48 | ↑ +17% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,190.48 | ↑ +17% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $5,790.56 | ↑ +61% |
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MRI chest without & w/contrast at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $3,017.31 | $1,904.76 – $4,199.13 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $2,089.92 | $715.89 – $4,229.60 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $3,634.60 | $915.92 – $4,841.29 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $2,089.92 | $696.64 – $4,229.60 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $3,715.91 | $958.98 – $4,297.92 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $2,089.92 | $845.92 – $4,229.60 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $3,212.26 | $715.89 – $4,897.38 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $3,170.07 | $715.89 – $5,050.62 |