Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$3,253.50
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.
$6,507.00
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.
$288.48 with Medica vs $17,732.21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $288.48 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,496.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $1,511.58 | ↓ -54% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $3,708.99 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $4,034.34 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $4,034.34 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $4,489.83 | ↑ +38% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $5,205.60 | ↑ +60% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $6,740.40 | ↑ +107% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,740.40 | ↑ +107% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $6,872.57 | ↑ +111% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,987.48 | ↑ +146% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $7,987.48 | ↑ +146% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,987.48 | ↑ +146% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $7,987.48 | ↑ +146% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $7,987.48 | ↑ +146% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $8,158.00 | ↑ +151% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $8,227.10 | ↑ +153% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $8,386.85 | ↑ +158% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,544.15 | ↑ +193% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,544.15 | ↑ +193% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,544.15 | ↑ +193% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $9,696.00 | ↑ +198% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,975.77 | ↑ +237% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,975.77 | ↑ +237% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,975.77 | ↑ +237% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,975.77 | ↑ +237% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $13,584.00 | ↑ +318% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,961.00 | ↑ +391% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $17,732.21 | ↑ +445% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $3,858.02 | $288.48 – $6,877.34 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $5,071.50 | $288.48 – $10,263.75 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $5,120.40 | $92.75 – $424.34 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $5,071.50 | $288.48 – $10,263.75 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $5,558.51 | $92.75 – $415.68 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $5,071.50 | $2,052.75 – $10,263.75 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $5,957.87 | $288.48 – $9,083.31 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $5,186.10 | $288.48 – $8,262.60 |