Cytopathology concentration technique smears & 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

$62.10

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.

$135.00

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.

$18.79 with United vs $133.08 with Medica — 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 Commercial|All Plans $18.79 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $31.97 ↓ -49%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $31.97 ↓ -49%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $32.40 ↓ -48%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $32.59 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $32.73 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $37.88 ↓ -39%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $37.88 ↓ -39%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $37.88 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $37.88 ↓ -39%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $37.88 ↓ -39%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $39.02 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $39.77 ↓ -36%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $39.77 ↓ -36%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $83.70 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $83.70 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $83.70 ↑ +35%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $84.09 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|ACO $88.49 ↑ +42%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $94.50 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $94.50 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $95.85 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $95.85 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $95.85 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $95.85 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $101.25 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $110.70 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $127.08 ↑ +105%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $133.08 ↑ +114%

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $50.50 $15.37 – $101.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $44.63 $34.76 – $76.63
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $103.32 $44.28 – $246.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $167.45 $42.20 – $223.05
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $103.32 $34.44 – $246.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $48.97 $12.64 – $56.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $103.32 $41.82 – $246.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $53.68 $18.48 – $88.00

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