X-ray foot 2 views (both sides) 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

$126.50

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.

$275.00

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.

$39.94 with Medica vs $225.50 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $39.94 ↓ -68%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $54.13 ↓ -57%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $56.69 ↓ -55%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $66.00 ↓ -48%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $66.66 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $71.71 ↓ -43%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $71.71 ↓ -43%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.11 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -33%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -33%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -33%
United Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -33%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $84.98 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $87.53 ↓ -31%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $89.23 ↓ -29%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $89.23 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|All Plans $165.00 ↑ +30%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $170.50 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $170.50 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $170.50 ↑ +35%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $188.66 ↑ +49%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $192.50 ↑ +52%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $192.50 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $195.25 ↑ +54%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $195.25 ↑ +54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $195.25 ↑ +54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $195.25 ↑ +54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $206.25 ↑ +63%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $225.50 ↑ +78%

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X-ray foot 2 views (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $194.50 $39.94 – $311.20
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $222.58 $136.40 – $300.70
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $157.08 $39.94 – $317.90
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $291.55 $11.36 – $60.01
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $157.08 $39.94 – $317.90
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $117.86 $16.71 – $74.88
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $157.08 $59.29 – $317.90
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $203.13 $39.94 – $309.69

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