MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$1,157.00
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.
$2,314.00
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.
$428.72 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 | $428.72 | ↓ -63% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $433.01 | ↓ -63% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $510.95 | ↓ -56% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $686.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $719.15 | ↓ -38% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,062.48 | ↓ -8% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,155.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,155.68 | ↓ -0% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,286.16 | ↑ +11% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,491.20 | ↑ +29% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,724.41 | ↑ +49% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,724.41 | ↑ +49% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,724.41 | ↑ +49% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,864.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,864.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,864.00 | ↑ +61% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,864.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,359.00 | ↑ +104% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $2,805.00 | ↑ +142% |
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MRA upper extremity post contrast-bil at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $748.02 | $69.66 – $387.00 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $3,183.25 | $677.09 – $3,578.89 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $748.02 | $54.18 – $387.00 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $748.02 | $65.79 – $387.00 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $2,223.45 | $510.95 – $3,389.85 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $1,056.10 | $411.70 – $1,790.00 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $748.02 | $65.79 – $387.00 |
| CHI Health Plainview | Plainview | $3,145.80 | $1,928.21 – $4,280.63 |