Brach/thor cath 3rd 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

$409.40

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.

$890.00

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.

$213.60 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 $213.60 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $215.74 ↓ -47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $551.80 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $551.80 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $551.80 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|ACO $591.05 ↑ +44%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $623.00 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $623.00 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $631.90 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $631.90 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $631.90 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $631.90 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $667.50 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $729.80 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +237%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +296%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,317.00 ↑ +954%

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Brach/thor cath 3rd at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $946.00 $435.16 – $1,513.60
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $768.60 $299.88 – $1,416.10
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $768.60 $233.24 – $1,416.10
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $768.60 $283.22 – $1,416.10
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,246.84 $429.24 – $1,900.92
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,183.54 $461.38 – $1,885.64
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $768.60 $283.22 – $1,416.10
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $768.60 $266.56 – $1,416.10

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