CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast 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

$52.44

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.

$114.00

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.

$27.36 with United vs $2,099.00 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 $27.36 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $27.64 ↓ -47%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $70.68 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $70.68 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $70.68 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $79.80 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $79.80 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $80.94 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $80.94 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $80.94 ↑ +54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $80.94 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↑ +62%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↑ +62%
United Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↑ +62%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↑ +62%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↑ +62%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $85.50 ↑ +63%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $87.53 ↑ +67%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $89.23 ↑ +70%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $89.23 ↑ +70%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $93.48 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|ACO $114.00 ↑ +117%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $188.66 ↑ +260%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $197.83 ↑ +277%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $207.16 ↑ +295%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,099.00 ↑ +3903%

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CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $120.50 $55.43 – $1,804.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $117.03 $73.04 – $161.02
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $109.20 $46.80 – $221.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $109.20 $36.40 – $221.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $105.41 $27.21 – $121.92
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $109.20 $44.20 – $221.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $174.46 $60.06 – $265.98
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $171.69 $66.93 – $273.54

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