MRA abdomen post contrast at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$1,777.50
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.
$3,555.00
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.
$495.83 with Medica vs $2,805.00 with United — 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $495.83 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $673.44 | ↓ -62% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $675.72 | ↓ -62% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $680.18 | ↓ -62% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $707.60 | ↓ -60% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,668.96 | ↓ -6% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,697.20 | ↓ -5% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,697.20 | ↓ -5% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,697.20 | ↓ -5% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,815.36 | ↑ +2% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,815.36 | ↑ +2% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,951.79 | ↑ +10% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,951.79 | ↑ +10% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,951.79 | ↑ +10% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,951.79 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,020.32 | ↑ +14% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,342.40 | ↑ +32% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,359.00 | ↑ +33% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $2,805.00 | ↑ +58% |
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MRA abdomen post contrast at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $3,494.90 | $1,471.36 – $3,243.68 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $1,195.32 | $495.83 – $2,419.10 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $3,068.50 | $577.70 – $3,053.55 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $1,195.32 | $398.44 – $2,419.10 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $3,587.26 | $925.78 – $4,149.12 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $1,195.32 | $483.82 – $2,419.10 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $1,928.82 | $495.83 – $2,940.66 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $1,988.89 | $495.83 – $2,917.76 |