X-ray cervical spine 4-5 views 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

$520.20

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.

$612.00

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.

$19.93 with Amerigroup vs $105.30 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 $19.93 ↓ -96%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $20.32 ↓ -96%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $47.43 ↓ -91%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $47.43 ↓ -91%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $47.43 ↓ -91%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $47.43 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $47.43 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $47.43 ↓ -91%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $48.38 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $49.81 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $53.01 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $53.01 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $83.94 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $84.63 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $84.63 ↓ -84%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $88.35 ↓ -83%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $89.28 ↓ -83%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $89.28 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $89.28 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|ACO $89.28 ↓ -83%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $89.28 ↓ -83%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $89.28 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|All Plans $89.28 ↓ -83%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $89.28 ↓ -83%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $89.28 ↓ -83%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $89.28 ↓ -83%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $89.28 ↓ -83%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $89.28 ↓ -83%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $89.28 ↓ -83%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $91.14 ↓ -82%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $91.14 ↓ -82%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $105.30 ↓ -80%

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X-ray cervical spine 4-5 views at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $464.55 $284.68 – $627.59
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $338.52 $77.13 – $685.10
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $338.52 $77.13 – $685.10
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $328.90 $77.13 – $586.30
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $583.49 $28.28 – $126.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $338.52 $96.52 – $685.10
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $485.56 $77.13 – $740.28
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $510.35 $77.13 – $813.10

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