Critical care 30-74 minutes 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

$531.76

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.

$1,156.00

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.

$277.44 with United vs $3,161.00 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 $277.44 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $280.22 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $405.87 ↓ -24%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $686.27 ↑ +29%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $686.27 ↑ +29%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $699.72 ↑ +32%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $716.72 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $716.72 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $716.72 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $809.20 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $809.20 ↑ +52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $813.24 ↑ +53%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $813.24 ↑ +53%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $813.24 ↑ +53%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $813.24 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|All Plans $813.24 ↑ +53%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $820.76 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $820.76 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $820.76 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $820.76 ↑ +54%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $837.64 ↑ +58%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $853.90 ↑ +61%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $853.90 ↑ +61%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $867.00 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $947.92 ↑ +78%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,805.39 ↑ +240%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,275.00 ↑ +328%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,673.00 ↑ +403%
United Commercial|All Plans $3,161.00 ↑ +494%

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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,297.00 $405.87 – $2,075.20
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,092.48 $439.12 – $968.06
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,250.36 $405.87 – $4,554.30
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $3,914.25 $116.32 – $532.14
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,250.36 $405.87 – $4,554.30
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $3,778.99 $167.94 – $752.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,250.36 $910.86 – $4,554.30
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,715.93 $405.87 – $2,616.09

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