CT guidance for needle placement at CHI Health Schuyler

104 West 17th Street, Schuyler, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1568547032

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,269.50

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.

$2,670.00

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.

$565.71 with Amerigroup vs $2,990.15 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $565.71 ↓ -75%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $576.80 ↓ -75%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,346.91 ↓ -41%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,346.91 ↓ -41%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,346.91 ↓ -41%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,346.91 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,346.91 ↓ -41%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,346.91 ↓ -41%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,373.85 ↓ -39%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,414.26 ↓ -38%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,505.37 ↓ -34%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,505.37 ↓ -34%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $2,383.51 ↑ +5%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,403.31 ↑ +6%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,403.31 ↑ +6%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $2,508.95 ↑ +11%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|ACO $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $2,535.36 ↑ +12%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,588.18 ↑ +14%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,588.18 ↑ +14%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $2,990.15 ↑ +32%

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CT guidance for needle placement at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $957.39 $597.52 – $1,317.26
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $898.80 $133.27 – $1,819.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $898.80 $133.27 – $1,819.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $946.68 $133.27 – $1,687.56
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $898.80 $218.60 – $1,819.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,822.07 $133.27 – $2,155.74
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,576.48 $133.27 – $2,265.40
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $898.80 $133.27 – $1,819.00

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