CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) 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

$881.36

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,916.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$86.61 with Amerigroup vs $2,099.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $86.61 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $86.61 ↓ -90%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -88%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -88%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $102.63 ↓ -88%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $105.71 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $107.76 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $107.76 ↓ -88%
Medica Commercial|ACO $162.27 ↓ -82%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $227.84 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $258.89 ↓ -71%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $271.11 ↓ -69%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $459.84 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $464.44 ↓ -47%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,187.92 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,187.92 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,187.92 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,341.20 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,341.20 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,360.36 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,360.36 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,360.36 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,360.36 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,437.00 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,571.12 ↑ +78%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,099.00 ↑ +138%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $985.50 $162.27 – $1,804.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,045.68 $721.16 – $1,589.83
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $805.98 $162.27 – $1,631.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,737.00 $689.73 – $3,645.69
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $805.98 $162.27 – $1,631.15
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,332.30 $601.91 – $2,697.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $805.98 $326.23 – $1,631.15
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,442.04 $162.27 – $2,198.52

All Nebraska hospitals for this procedure →