Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$176.64

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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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$384.00

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.

$65.50 with Medica 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

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
Medica Commercial|ACO $65.50 ↓ -63%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $92.16 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $93.09 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $189.14 ↑ +7%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $189.14 ↑ +7%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $192.85 ↑ +9%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↑ +27%
United Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↑ +27%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↑ +27%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $224.12 ↑ +27%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $230.84 ↑ +31%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $235.33 ↑ +33%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $235.33 ↑ +33%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $238.08 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $238.08 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $238.08 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $268.80 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $268.80 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $272.64 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $272.64 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $272.64 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $272.64 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $288.00 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $314.88 ↑ +78%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $497.55 ↑ +182%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +682%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +818%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,317.00 ↑ +2344%

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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $131.00 $60.26 – $209.60
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $202.81 $32.12 – $70.81
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $181.86 $65.50 – $368.05
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $266.90 $20.78 – $95.06
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $181.86 $60.62 – $368.05
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $80.51 $20.78 – $93.12
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $181.86 $73.61 – $368.05
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $269.62 $65.50 – $411.06

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