Red blood cells each unit 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

$685.95

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.

$807.00

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.

$172.86 with Amerigroup vs $913.69 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 $172.86 ↓ -75%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $176.25 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $411.57 ↓ -40%
United Medicare|All Plans $411.57 ↓ -40%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $411.57 ↓ -40%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $411.57 ↓ -40%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $411.57 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $411.57 ↓ -40%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $419.81 ↓ -39%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $432.15 ↓ -37%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $459.99 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $459.99 ↓ -33%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $728.32 ↑ +6%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $734.37 ↑ +7%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $734.37 ↑ +7%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $766.65 ↑ +12%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $774.72 ↑ +13%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $774.72 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|All Plans $774.72 ↑ +13%
Medica Commercial|ACO $774.72 ↑ +13%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $774.72 ↑ +13%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $774.72 ↑ +13%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $774.72 ↑ +13%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $774.72 ↑ +13%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $774.72 ↑ +13%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $774.72 ↑ +13%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $774.72 ↑ +13%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $774.72 ↑ +13%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $774.72 ↑ +13%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $790.86 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $790.86 ↑ +15%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $913.69 ↑ +33%

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Red blood cells each unit at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $406.56 $139.68 – $659.60
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $406.56 $108.64 – $659.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $406.56 $131.92 – $659.60
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $406.56 $131.92 – $659.60
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $234.00 $107.64 – $374.40
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $677.88 $492.27 – $1,092.84
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $406.56 $124.16 – $659.60

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