Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic 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

$3,384.45

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.

$7,357.50

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.

$553.50 with United vs $1,891.13 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $553.50 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $559.04 ↓ -83%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,429.88 ↓ -58%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,429.88 ↓ -58%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,429.88 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,614.38 ↓ -52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,614.38 ↓ -52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,637.44 ↓ -52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,637.44 ↓ -52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,637.44 ↓ -52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,637.44 ↓ -52%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,729.69 ↓ -49%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,891.13 ↓ -44%

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Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $3,678.75 $530.44 – $1,845.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $64,082.06 $69.96 – $154.23
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $3,090.15 $184.50 – $871.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $6,253.88 $219.56 – $1,160.51
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $3,090.15 $143.50 – $871.25
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $6,106.73 $494.00 – $2,214.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $3,090.15 $174.25 – $871.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $4,488.08 $484.32 – $2,144.82

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