Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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

$26.94

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.

$58.55

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.

$3.84 with United vs $32.73 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 Medicaid|Community Plan $3.84 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $3.88 ↓ -86%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $9.91 ↓ -63%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $9.91 ↓ -63%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $9.91 ↓ -63%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $11.19 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $11.19 ↓ -58%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $11.35 ↓ -58%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $11.35 ↓ -58%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $11.35 ↓ -58%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $11.35 ↓ -58%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $11.99 ↓ -55%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $13.11 ↓ -51%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $14.39 ↓ -47%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $15.98 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|ACO $15.98 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|All Plans $27.13 ↑ +1%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $31.25 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $32.73 ↑ +21%

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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $29.28 $3.68 – $15.98
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $122.96 $13.99 – $84.58
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $248.84 $21.32 – $112.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $122.96 $13.93 – $84.58
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $48.60 $3.43 – $15.35
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $122.96 $16.92 – $84.58
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $35.72 $3.36 – $15.98
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $34.55 $3.68 – $15.98

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