Autologous blood op salvage 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

$244.72

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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.

$532.00

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.

$16.42 with United vs $1,750.29 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 Commercial|All Plans $16.42 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $127.68 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $128.96 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $254.75 ↑ +4%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $256.98 ↑ +5%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $269.10 ↑ +10%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $329.84 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $329.84 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $329.84 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $372.40 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $372.40 ↑ +52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $377.72 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $377.72 ↑ +54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $377.72 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $377.72 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $399.00 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $436.24 ↑ +78%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $665.34 ↑ +172%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $665.34 ↑ +172%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $678.38 ↑ +177%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $788.42 ↑ +222%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $788.42 ↑ +222%
United Medicare|All Plans $788.42 ↑ +222%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $788.42 ↑ +222%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $788.42 ↑ +222%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $812.07 ↑ +232%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $827.84 ↑ +238%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $827.84 ↑ +238%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,750.29 ↑ +615%

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Autologous blood op salvage at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $765.50 $13.44 – $1,224.80
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $643.02 $254.75 – $1,301.35
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $643.02 $214.34 – $1,301.35
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $643.02 $260.27 – $1,301.35
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $784.11 $254.75 – $1,249.26
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $643.02 $254.75 – $1,301.35
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $643.02 $244.96 – $1,301.35

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