MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast 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

$4,182.85

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.

$4,921.00

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.

$552.64 with Amerigroup vs $2,921.08 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 $552.64 ↓ -87%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $563.48 ↓ -87%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,315.80 ↓ -69%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,315.80 ↓ -69%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,315.80 ↓ -69%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,315.80 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,315.80 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,315.80 ↓ -69%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,342.12 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,381.59 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,470.60 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,470.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $2,328.45 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,347.80 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,347.80 ↓ -44%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $2,451.00 ↓ -41%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|ACO $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $2,476.80 ↓ -41%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,528.40 ↓ -40%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,528.40 ↓ -40%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $2,921.08 ↓ -30%

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MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $3,168.06 $1,333.64 – $2,940.07
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $801.78 $192.60 – $1,070.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $801.78 $149.80 – $1,070.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $801.78 $181.90 – $1,070.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $699.67 $240.87 – $1,147.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,194.16 $465.52 – $2,024.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $801.78 $181.90 – $1,070.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $954.50 $244.03 – $2,359.00

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