Phlebotomy therapeutic 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

$161.00

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.

$350.00

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.

$84.00 with United vs $287.00 with ELAP — 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 $84.00 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $84.84 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $104.99 ↓ -35%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $104.99 ↓ -35%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $107.05 ↓ -34%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -23%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -23%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -23%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $128.14 ↓ -20%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $130.63 ↓ -19%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $130.63 ↓ -19%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $161.80 ↑ +0%
Medica Commercial|ACO $178.44 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $181.77 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|All Plans $210.00 ↑ +30%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $217.00 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $217.00 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $217.00 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $245.00 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $245.00 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $248.50 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $248.50 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $248.50 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $248.50 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $262.50 ↑ +63%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $276.19 ↑ +72%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $287.00 ↑ +78%

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Phlebotomy therapeutic at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $249.50 $47.15 – $164.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $133.64 $113.08 – $249.29
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $157.08 $35.46 – $243.10
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $266.90 $54.41 – $287.58
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $157.08 $27.58 – $243.10
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $307.93 $46.27 – $207.36
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $157.08 $33.49 – $167.45
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $247.05 $85.05 – $376.65

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