Tc-99m sulfur colloid 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

$502.35

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.

$591.00

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.

$71.98 with Amerigroup vs $380.42 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 $71.98 ↓ -86%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.39 ↓ -85%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $171.36 ↓ -66%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $171.36 ↓ -66%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $171.36 ↓ -66%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $171.36 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $171.36 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $171.36 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $174.79 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $179.93 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $191.52 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $191.52 ↓ -62%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $303.24 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $305.76 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $305.76 ↓ -39%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $319.20 ↓ -36%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $322.56 ↓ -36%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $322.56 ↓ -36%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $322.56 ↓ -36%
Medica Commercial|ACO $322.56 ↓ -36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $322.56 ↓ -36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $322.56 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|All Plans $322.56 ↓ -36%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $322.56 ↓ -36%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $322.56 ↓ -36%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $322.56 ↓ -36%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $322.56 ↓ -36%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $322.56 ↓ -36%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $322.56 ↓ -36%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $329.28 ↓ -34%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $329.28 ↓ -34%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $380.42 ↓ -24%

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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $150.04 $106.48 – $234.74
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $291.90 $71.10 – $335.75
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $291.90 $55.30 – $335.75
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $107.90 $27.85 – $124.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $291.90 $67.15 – $335.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $61.00 $21.00 – $93.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $134.52 $52.44 – $214.32
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $291.90 $67.15 – $335.75

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