Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination 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

$438.48

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.

$522.00

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.

$318.42 with Medica vs $706.90 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
Medica Medicare|All Plans $318.42 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $318.42 ↓ -27%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $318.42 ↓ -27%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $318.42 ↓ -27%
United Medicare|All Plans $318.42 ↓ -27%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $324.79 ↓ -26%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $324.79 ↓ -26%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $334.35 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $334.35 ↓ -24%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $339.30 ↓ -23%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $339.30 ↓ -23%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $352.88 ↓ -20%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $471.11 ↑ +7%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $475.02 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $475.02 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|All Plans $495.90 ↑ +13%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $495.90 ↑ +13%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $501.12 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $501.12 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $501.12 ↑ +14%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $501.12 ↑ +14%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $501.12 ↑ +14%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $501.12 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|ACO $501.12 ↑ +14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $501.12 ↑ +14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $501.12 ↑ +14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $501.12 ↑ +14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $501.12 ↑ +14%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $501.12 ↑ +14%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $511.56 ↑ +17%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $511.56 ↑ +17%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $706.90 ↑ +61%

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Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $450.19 $257.97 – $696.46
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $239.40 $102.60 – $570.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $443.70 $111.82 – $591.01
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $239.40 $79.80 – $570.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $142.60 $63.43 – $254.20
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $148.57 $38.35 – $171.84
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $239.40 $96.90 – $570.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $858.88 $295.68 – $1,408.00

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