Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe 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

$249.32

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.

$542.00

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.

$14.16 with United vs $77.90 with AMPS — 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 $14.16 ↓ -94%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $14.31 ↓ -94%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $34.01 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $34.01 ↓ -86%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $34.67 ↓ -86%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -86%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -86%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -86%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $36.14 ↓ -86%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $36.58 ↓ -85%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $36.58 ↓ -85%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $36.58 ↓ -85%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $41.30 ↓ -83%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $41.30 ↓ -83%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $41.89 ↓ -83%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $41.89 ↓ -83%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $41.89 ↓ -83%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $41.89 ↓ -83%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $44.25 ↓ -82%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $48.38 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|All Plans $54.68 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|ACO $59.00 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $72.15 ↓ -71%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $75.55 ↓ -70%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $77.90 ↓ -69%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $275.00 $23.00 – $100.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $289.23 $46.64 – $102.82
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $239.40 $18.00 – $100.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $433.50 $19.28 – $88.20
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $239.40 $14.00 – $100.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $265.60 $20.78 – $93.12
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $239.40 $17.00 – $100.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $297.68 $12.39 – $77.90

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