Platelet automated 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

$18.40

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.

$40.00

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.

$4.35 with Amerigroup vs $32.80 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $4.35 ↓ -76%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4.43 ↓ -76%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $4.48 ↓ -76%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $4.48 ↓ -76%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.48 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.48 ↓ -76%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $4.48 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $4.61 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4.70 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $4.70 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Plans $6.96 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|ACO $8.82 ↓ -52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $9.21 ↓ -50%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $9.60 ↓ -48%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $9.65 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $9.70 ↓ -47%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $9.95 ↓ -46%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $24.80 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $24.80 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $24.80 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $28.00 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $28.00 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $28.40 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $28.40 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $28.40 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $28.40 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $30.00 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $32.80 ↑ +78%

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Platelet automated at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $60.50 $4.35 – $96.80
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $8.43 $6.16 – $13.58
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $52.92 $4.35 – $107.10
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $67.15 $4.48 – $77.42
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $52.92 $4.35 – $107.10
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $55.61 $4.48 – $64.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $52.92 $4.35 – $107.10
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $17.08 $4.35 – $28.00

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