Reticulated platelet assay at CHI Health Nebraska Heart
7500 S 91ST ST, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1699718437
$18.40
Cash price 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 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.
$9.60 with United vs $79.34 with AMPS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $9.60 | ↓ -48% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $9.70 | ↓ -47% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $24.80 | ↑ +35% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $24.80 | ↑ +35% |
| One World | 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% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $28.40 | ↑ +54% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $28.40 | ↑ +54% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $28.40 | ↑ +54% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $30.00 | ↑ +63% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $32.80 | ↑ +78% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.63 | ↑ +88% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $34.63 | ↑ +88% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.31 | ↑ +92% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.74 | ↑ +94% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $35.74 | ↑ +94% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.74 | ↑ +94% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $35.74 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $35.74 | ↑ +94% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $36.81 | ↑ +100% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $37.53 | ↑ +104% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $37.53 | ↑ +104% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $40.00 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $41.71 | ↑ +127% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $73.48 | ↑ +299% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.95 | ↑ +318% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $79.34 | ↑ +331% |
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Reticulated platelet assay at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | Lincoln | $20.00 | $9.20 – $79.34 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $65.02 | $47.52 – $104.76 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $101.64 | $34.63 – $205.70 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $159.80 | $35.74 – $184.24 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $101.64 | $33.88 – $205.70 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $101.64 | $34.63 – $205.70 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $101.64 | $34.63 – $205.70 |
| CHI Health Plainview | Plainview | $157.92 | $35.74 – $184.24 |