Apheresis platelets 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

$298.54

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.

$649.00

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.

$155.76 with United vs $4,317.00 with United — 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 $155.76 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $157.32 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $200.76 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $356.06 ↑ +19%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $356.06 ↑ +19%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $363.04 ↑ +22%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $402.38 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $402.38 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $402.38 ↑ +35%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $421.94 ↑ +41%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $421.94 ↑ +41%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $421.94 ↑ +41%
United Medicare|All Plans $421.94 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $421.94 ↑ +41%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $434.60 ↑ +46%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $443.04 ↑ +48%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $443.04 ↑ +48%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $454.30 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $454.30 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $460.79 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $460.79 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $460.79 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $460.79 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $486.75 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $532.18 ↑ +78%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $936.71 ↑ +214%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +363%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +443%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,317.00 ↑ +1346%

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Apheresis platelets at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $309.00 $142.14 – $494.40
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,703.10 $200.76 – $3,446.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $521.05 $131.31 – $694.04
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,703.10 $200.76 – $3,446.75
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $566.06 $146.09 – $654.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,703.10 $689.35 – $3,446.75
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,523.97 $200.76 – $2,428.02
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,703.10 $200.76 – $3,446.75

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