Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 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

$1,259.02

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.

$2,737.00

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.

$128.42 with Medica vs $11,582.32 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $128.42 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $230.70 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $241.59 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $656.88 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $663.45 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,642.20 ↑ +30%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,696.94 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,696.94 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,696.94 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,915.90 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,915.90 ↑ +52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,943.27 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,943.27 ↑ +54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,943.27 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,943.27 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,052.75 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,244.34 ↑ +78%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $4,402.70 ↑ +250%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4,402.70 ↑ +250%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4,489.02 ↑ +257%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +314%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +314%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +314%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +314%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5,217.26 ↑ +314%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5,373.78 ↑ +327%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5,478.12 ↑ +335%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5,478.12 ↑ +335%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $11,582.32 ↑ +820%

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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $2,219.50 $128.42 – $3,551.20
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,939.98 $128.42 – $3,527.50
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,939.98 $128.42 – $3,527.50
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,939.98 $268.60 – $3,527.50
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,924.95 $128.42 – $4,459.35
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $2,619.01 $128.42 – $4,172.66
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,939.98 $128.42 – $3,527.50
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $1,939.98 $128.42 – $3,527.50

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