Blood typing patient serum 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

$36.80

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.

$80.00

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.

$14.82 with United vs $127.27 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 $14.82 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $19.20 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $19.40 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $31.52 ↓ -14%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $33.60 ↓ -9%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $35.18 ↓ -4%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $48.38 ↑ +31%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $48.38 ↑ +31%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $49.33 ↑ +34%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $49.60 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $49.60 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $49.60 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $56.00 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $56.00 ↑ +52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $56.80 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $56.80 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $56.80 ↑ +54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $56.80 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $57.33 ↑ +56%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $57.33 ↑ +56%
United Medicare|All Plans $57.33 ↑ +56%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $57.33 ↑ +56%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $57.33 ↑ +56%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $59.05 ↑ +60%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $60.00 ↑ +63%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $60.20 ↑ +64%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $60.20 ↑ +64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $65.60 ↑ +78%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $127.27 ↑ +246%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $44.00 $12.12 – $88.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $99.91 $16.34 – $148.41
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CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $170.00 $16.34 – $196.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $85.26 $28.42 – $172.55
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $39.84 $10.29 – $46.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $85.26 $34.51 – $172.55
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