Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$104.42

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.

$227.00

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.

$16.42 with United vs $367.17 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 $16.42 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $54.48 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $55.03 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $63.69 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $64.25 ↓ -38%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $67.28 ↓ -36%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $139.57 ↑ +34%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $139.57 ↑ +34%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $140.74 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $140.74 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $140.74 ↑ +35%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $142.30 ↑ +36%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $158.90 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $158.90 ↑ +52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $161.17 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $161.17 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $161.17 ↑ +54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $161.17 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
United Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $170.25 ↑ +63%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $170.35 ↑ +63%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $173.66 ↑ +66%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $173.66 ↑ +66%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $186.14 ↑ +78%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $367.17 ↑ +252%

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $155.00 $13.44 – $248.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $224.63 $151.36 – $333.68
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $118.44 $50.76 – $239.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $98.60 $24.85 – $131.34
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $118.44 $39.48 – $239.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $204.18 $52.70 – $236.16
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $118.44 $47.94 – $239.70
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $124.44 $42.84 – $189.72

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