Insert cath pleura without 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

$395.14

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.

$859.00

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.

$206.16 with United 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $206.16 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $208.23 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $229.45 ↓ -42%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $532.58 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $532.58 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $532.58 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $601.30 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $601.30 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $609.89 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $609.89 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $609.89 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $609.89 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $644.25 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $704.38 ↑ +78%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,545.01 ↑ +291%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,545.01 ↑ +291%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,575.31 ↑ +299%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,830.86 ↑ +363%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,830.86 ↑ +363%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,830.86 ↑ +363%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,830.86 ↑ +363%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,830.86 ↑ +363%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,885.79 ↑ +377%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,922.40 ↑ +387%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,922.40 ↑ +387%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,461.00 ↑ +523%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,892.00 ↑ +632%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $4,064.51 ↑ +929%
United Commercial|All Plans $7,772.00 ↑ +1867%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $444.50 $204.47 – $711.20
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,219.26 $229.45 – $2,467.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,845.35 $167.94 – $887.65
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,219.26 $229.45 – $2,467.55
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,801.93 $465.03 – $2,084.16
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,219.26 $493.51 – $2,467.55
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $514.23 $177.03 – $783.99
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $906.24 $229.45 – $1,443.84

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