Metatarsal joint implant 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

$1,914.42

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.

$2,252.25

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.

$107.10 with Amerigroup vs $566.10 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 $107.10 ↓ -94%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $109.20 ↓ -94%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $255.00 ↓ -87%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $255.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $255.00 ↓ -87%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $255.00 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $255.00 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $255.00 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $260.10 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $267.75 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $285.00 ↓ -85%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $285.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $451.25 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $455.00 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $455.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $475.00 ↓ -75%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $480.00 ↓ -75%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $480.00 ↓ -75%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $480.00 ↓ -75%
Medica Commercial|ACO $480.00 ↓ -75%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $480.00 ↓ -75%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $480.00 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|All Plans $480.00 ↓ -75%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $480.00 ↓ -75%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $480.00 ↓ -75%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $480.00 ↓ -75%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $480.00 ↓ -75%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $480.00 ↓ -75%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $480.00 ↓ -75%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $490.00 ↓ -74%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $490.00 ↓ -74%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $566.10 ↓ -70%

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Metatarsal joint implant at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $945.95 $90.00 – $425.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $945.95 $70.00 – $425.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,036.04 $120.00 – $410.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,869.37 $107.10 – $480.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $945.95 $85.00 – $425.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,373.88 $105.00 – $465.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,328.83 $115.00 – $470.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $945.95 $85.00 – $425.00

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