Incisn windpipe 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

$1,278.34

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.

$2,779.00

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.

$558.12 with Medica vs $7,772.00 with United — 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 $558.12 ↓ -56%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $666.96 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $673.63 ↓ -47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,722.98 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,722.98 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,722.98 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,945.30 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,945.30 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,973.09 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,973.09 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,973.09 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,973.09 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,084.25 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,278.78 ↑ +78%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,641.33 ↑ +107%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,641.33 ↑ +107%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,693.12 ↑ +111%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,130.02 ↑ +145%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,130.02 ↑ +145%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,130.02 ↑ +145%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,130.02 ↑ +145%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,130.02 ↑ +145%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,223.92 ↑ +152%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,286.52 ↑ +157%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,286.52 ↑ +157%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $5,389.00 ↑ +322%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $6,333.00 ↑ +395%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,948.64 ↑ +444%
United Commercial|All Plans $7,772.00 ↑ +508%

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Incisn windpipe at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln not published $558.12 – $558.12
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,986.60 $558.12 – $3,538.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $705.50 $177.79 – $939.73
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,986.60 $558.12 – $3,538.55
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $688.90 $177.79 – $796.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,986.60 $707.71 – $3,538.55
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,806.61 $558.12 – $4,278.93
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,986.60 $558.12 – $3,538.55

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