Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/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

$846.40

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.

$1,840.00

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.

$438.40 with Centene vs $1,508.80 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $438.40 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $438.40 ↓ -48%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $441.60 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $446.02 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $446.84 ↓ -47%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $446.99 ↓ -47%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -39%
United Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -39%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -39%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $519.51 ↓ -39%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $535.10 ↓ -37%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $538.45 ↓ -36%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $545.49 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $545.49 ↓ -36%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $563.85 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,104.00 ↑ +30%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,140.80 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,140.80 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,140.80 ↑ +35%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,153.31 ↑ +36%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,288.00 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,288.00 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,306.40 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,306.40 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,306.40 ↑ +54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,306.40 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,380.00 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,508.80 ↑ +78%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,212.50 $446.84 – $1,940.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $991.45 $683.76 – $1,507.38
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,231.02 $446.84 – $2,491.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $3,100.80 $781.41 – $4,130.27
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,231.02 $410.34 – $2,491.35
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,231.02 $498.27 – $2,491.35
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,536.59 $446.84 – $2,342.67
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,516.30 $446.84 – $2,415.80

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