CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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

$1,223.60

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.

$2,660.00

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.

$107.39 with Medica vs $2,181.20 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $107.39 ↓ -91%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $218.18 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $228.48 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $638.40 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $644.79 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,596.00 ↑ +30%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,649.20 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,649.20 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,649.20 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,862.00 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,862.00 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,888.60 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,888.60 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,888.60 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,888.60 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,995.00 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,181.20 ↑ +78%

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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,305.00 $107.39 – $2,088.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $857.98 $535.48 – $1,180.49
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,178.52 $107.39 – $2,194.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,953.30 $492.24 – $2,601.80
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,178.52 $107.39 – $2,194.70
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,178.52 $204.64 – $2,194.70
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,822.07 $107.39 – $2,777.91
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,903.34 $107.39 – $3,032.44

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