Cholesterol body fluid 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

$91.54

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.

$199.00

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.

$15.84 with United vs $54.12 with ELAP — 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 $15.84 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $16.00 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $33.00 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|All Plans $33.00 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $33.00 ↓ -64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $40.92 ↓ -55%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $40.92 ↓ -55%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $40.92 ↓ -55%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $46.20 ↓ -50%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $46.20 ↓ -50%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $46.86 ↓ -49%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $46.86 ↓ -49%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $46.86 ↓ -49%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $46.86 ↓ -49%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $49.50 ↓ -46%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $54.12 ↓ -41%

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Cholesterol body fluid at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $140.50 $64.63 – $224.80
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $41.68 $22.44 – $49.47
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $219.24 $90.36 – $426.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $90.10 $12.21 – $64.54
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $219.24 $70.28 – $426.70
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $219.24 $85.34 – $426.70
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $219.24 $85.34 – $426.70
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $89.04 $34.77 – $77.19

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