Autologous blood op salvage at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$765.50
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.
$1,531.00
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.
$13.44 with United vs $1,750.29 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 | Commercial|All Plans | $13.44 | ↓ -98% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $14.04 | ↓ -98% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $254.75 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $256.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $269.10 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $352.13 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $355.66 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $665.34 | ↓ -13% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $665.34 | ↓ -13% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $678.38 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $788.42 | ↑ +3% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $788.42 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $788.42 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $788.42 | ↑ +3% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $788.42 | ↑ +3% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $812.07 | ↑ +6% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $827.84 | ↑ +8% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $872.67 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $949.22 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $949.22 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,056.39 | ↑ +38% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,224.80 | ↑ +60% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,750.29 | ↑ +129% |
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Autologous blood op salvage at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $244.72 | $16.42 – $436.24 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $643.02 | $254.75 – $1,301.35 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $643.02 | $214.34 – $1,301.35 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $643.02 | $260.27 – $1,301.35 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $784.11 | $254.75 – $1,249.26 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $643.02 | $254.75 – $1,301.35 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $643.02 | $244.96 – $1,301.35 |