Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$69.46

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.

$151.00

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.

$36.24 with United vs $174.87 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 $36.24 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $36.61 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Plans $44.22 ↓ -36%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $76.33 ↑ +10%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $76.33 ↑ +10%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $77.82 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↑ +13%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↑ +13%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↑ +13%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $78.77 ↑ +13%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $81.13 ↑ +17%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $82.71 ↑ +19%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $82.71 ↑ +19%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $93.62 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $93.62 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $93.62 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $105.70 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $105.70 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $107.21 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $107.21 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $107.21 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $107.21 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $113.25 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $123.82 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|ACO $151.00 ↑ +117%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $161.95 ↑ +133%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $169.59 ↑ +144%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $174.87 ↑ +152%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $318.00 $36.18 – $508.80
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $145.28 $104.28 – $229.89
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $294.00 $76.33 – $595.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $330.65 $78.77 – $381.22
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $294.00 $76.33 – $595.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $43.16 $11.14 – $115.44
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $294.00 $76.33 – $595.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $294.00 $76.33 – $595.00

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