Plastic mod low ext pad/line 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

$152.48

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.

$331.47

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.

$79.56 with United vs $368.10 with Medica — 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 $79.56 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $80.35 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $125.84 ↓ -17%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $125.84 ↓ -17%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $128.30 ↓ -16%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $205.52 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $205.52 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $205.52 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $232.03 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $232.03 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $235.35 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $235.35 ↑ +54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $235.35 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $235.35 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $248.61 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $271.81 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial|ACO $331.47 ↑ +117%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $351.51 ↑ +131%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $368.10 ↑ +141%

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Plastic mod low ext pad/line at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $165.74 $76.24 – $265.18
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $139.22 $59.67 – $281.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $281.75 $71.01 – $375.30
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $139.22 $46.41 – $281.75
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $275.13 $71.01 – $318.22
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $139.22 $56.35 – $281.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $202.20 $69.61 – $308.27
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $201.28 $76.24 – $311.59

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