MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$954.50
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.
$1,909.00
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.
$244.03 with United 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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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $244.03 | ↓ -74% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $246.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $489.51 | ↓ -49% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $604.77 | ↓ -37% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $657.82 | ↓ -31% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $657.82 | ↓ -31% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $668.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $700.33 | ↓ -27% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $732.09 | ↓ -23% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $848.80 | ↓ -11% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,061.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,061.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,061.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,061.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,061.00 | ↑ +11% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,061.00 | ↑ +11% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,061.00 | ↑ +11% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,359.00 | ↑ +147% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $2,805.00 | ↑ +194% |
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MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $3,168.06 | $1,333.64 – $2,940.07 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $801.78 | $192.60 – $1,070.00 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $4,182.85 | $552.64 – $2,921.08 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $801.78 | $149.80 – $1,070.00 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $801.78 | $181.90 – $1,070.00 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $699.67 | $240.87 – $1,147.00 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $1,194.16 | $465.52 – $2,024.00 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $801.78 | $181.90 – $1,070.00 |