Connect omega .5mm at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$489.23
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.
$978.45
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.
$82.12 with United vs $667.77 with Medica — 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 | $82.12 | ↓ -83% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $82.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $103.54 | ↓ -79% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $103.54 | ↓ -79% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $103.54 | ↓ -79% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $117.82 | ↓ -76% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $117.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $117.82 | ↓ -76% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $117.82 | ↓ -76% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $203.51 | ↓ -58% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $221.36 | ↓ -55% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $221.36 | ↓ -55% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $246.35 | ↓ -50% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $285.62 | ↓ -42% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $357.02 | ↓ -27% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $637.69 | ↑ +30% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $667.77 | ↑ +36% |
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Connect omega .5mm at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $450.09 | $85.69 – $292.76 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $410.95 | $43.24 – $204.19 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $831.69 | $51.46 – $271.98 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $410.95 | $33.64 – $204.19 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $812.12 | $76.48 – $342.74 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $410.95 | $40.84 – $204.19 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $596.86 | $74.98 – $332.03 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $577.29 | $82.12 – $335.60 |