Analysis; simple cranial nerv pulse gen prgrmg 95976 at CHI Health Nebraska Heart

7500 S 91ST ST, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1699718437

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$26.68

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.

$58.00

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.

$13.92 with United vs $79.90 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $13.92 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $14.06 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $30.38 ↑ +14%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $30.38 ↑ +14%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $30.97 ↑ +16%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $35.96 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $35.96 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $35.96 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.99 ↑ +35%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $35.99 ↑ +35%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.99 ↑ +35%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $35.99 ↑ +35%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $35.99 ↑ +35%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $37.07 ↑ +39%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $37.79 ↑ +42%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $37.79 ↑ +42%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $40.60 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $40.60 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $41.18 ↑ +54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $41.18 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $41.18 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $41.18 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $43.50 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $47.56 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|ACO $58.00 ↑ +117%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $66.25 ↑ +148%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $76.34 ↑ +186%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $79.90 ↑ +199%

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Analysis; simple cranial nerv pulse gen prgrmg 95976 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $32.00 $14.72 – $51.20
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $24.36 $10.44 – $49.30
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $49.30 $12.43 – $65.67
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $24.36 $8.12 – $49.30
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $52.29 $13.50 – $60.48
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $24.36 $9.86 – $49.30
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $35.38 $12.18 – $53.94
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $34.22 $13.34 – $54.52

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