Insert cath pleura with image 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

$610.42

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.

$1,327.00

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.

$280.29 with Medica vs $6,043.00 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 $280.29 ↓ -54%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $318.48 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $321.67 ↓ -47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $822.74 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $822.74 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $822.74 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $928.90 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $928.90 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $942.17 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $942.17 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $942.17 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $942.17 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $995.25 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,088.14 ↑ +78%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,265.21 ↑ +107%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,265.21 ↑ +107%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,290.02 ↑ +111%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +146%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +146%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +146%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +146%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +146%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,544.27 ↑ +153%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,574.25 ↑ +158%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,574.25 ↑ +158%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +237%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +296%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $3,328.42 ↑ +445%
United Commercial|All Plans $6,043.00 ↑ +890%

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Insert cath pleura with image at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,434.00 $280.29 – $2,294.40
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $858.48 $176.76 – $834.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,651.55 $176.29 – $931.81
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $858.48 $137.48 – $834.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,612.69 $416.20 – $1,865.28
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $858.48 $166.94 – $834.70
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,709.22 $280.29 – $2,605.86
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,777.08 $280.29 – $2,831.28

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