Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging 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

$961.40

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.

$2,090.00

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.

$417.42 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 $417.42 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $501.60 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $506.62 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,265.21 ↑ +32%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,265.21 ↑ +32%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,290.02 ↑ +34%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,295.80 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,295.80 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,295.80 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,463.00 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,463.00 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,483.90 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,483.90 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,483.90 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,483.90 ↑ +54%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +56%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +56%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +56%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +56%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,499.29 ↑ +56%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,544.27 ↑ +61%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,567.50 ↑ +63%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,574.25 ↑ +64%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,574.25 ↑ +64%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,713.80 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +114%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +151%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $3,328.42 ↑ +246%
United Commercial|All Plans $6,043.00 ↑ +529%

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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $372.50 $171.35 – $596.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $945.11 $217.80 – $480.15
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $843.36 $361.44 – $1,706.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $585.65 $147.59 – $780.09
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $843.36 $281.12 – $1,706.80
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $636.61 $164.30 – $736.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $843.36 $341.36 – $1,706.80
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $491.05 $169.05 – $748.65

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