Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm 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

$19,986.02

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.

$43,447.86

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.

$31.70 with BCBS - NE vs $333.14 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $31.70 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $35.22 ↓ -100%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $63.96 ↓ -100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $65.33 ↓ -100%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $66.98 ↓ -100%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $97.51 ↓ -100%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $98.48 ↓ -100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $251.89 ↓ -99%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $251.89 ↓ -99%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $251.89 ↓ -99%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $284.39 ↓ -99%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $284.39 ↓ -99%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $288.45 ↓ -99%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $288.45 ↓ -99%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $288.45 ↓ -99%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $288.45 ↓ -99%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $304.70 ↓ -98%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $333.14 ↓ -98%

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Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $21,723.93 $31.70 – $325.01
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $18,248.11 $24.46 – $115.48
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $36,930.69 $62.12 – $328.34
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $18,248.11 $19.02 – $115.48
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $36,061.73 $87.03 – $390.01
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $18,248.11 $23.10 – $115.48
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $26,503.20 $26.41 – $377.83
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $25,634.24 $31.70 – $381.89

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