Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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

$1,422.78

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.

$3,093.00

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.

$242.76 with Medica vs $2,536.26 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 $242.76 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $336.47 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $378.02 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $446.57 ↓ -69%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $446.57 ↓ -69%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $455.32 ↓ -68%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $529.19 ↓ -63%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $529.19 ↓ -63%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $529.19 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $529.19 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $529.19 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $545.07 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $555.65 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $555.65 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $742.32 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $749.75 ↓ -47%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,174.80 ↓ -17%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,855.80 ↑ +30%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,917.66 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,917.66 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,917.66 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,165.10 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,165.10 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $2,196.03 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $2,196.03 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $2,196.03 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $2,196.03 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,319.75 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,536.26 ↑ +78%

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,486.00 $242.76 – $2,377.60
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,989.12 $1,302.40 – $2,871.20
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,481.34 $242.76 – $2,997.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,274.60 $43.27 – $228.71
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,481.34 $242.76 – $2,997.95
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,062.55 $121.46 – $544.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,481.34 $599.59 – $2,997.95
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,282.62 $242.76 – $3,480.06

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