Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$114.50
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.
$229.00
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.
$14.72 with Medica vs $435.79 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 |
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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $14.72 | ↓ -87% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $16.74 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $50.60 | ↓ -56% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $51.11 | ↓ -55% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $125.40 | ↑ +10% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $125.40 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $136.40 | ↑ +19% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $136.40 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $140.80 | ↑ +23% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $151.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $165.66 | ↑ +45% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $165.66 | ↑ +45% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $168.91 | ↑ +48% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $176.00 | ↑ +54% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $196.30 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $196.30 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $196.30 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $196.30 | ↑ +71% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $196.30 | ↑ +71% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $202.19 | ↑ +77% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $206.12 | ↑ +80% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $435.79 | ↑ +281% |
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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $73.60 | $14.72 – $125.46 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $101.64 | $14.72 – $205.70 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $161.50 | $5.15 – $27.18 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $101.64 | $14.72 – $205.70 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $206.67 | $5.15 – $23.04 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $101.64 | $41.14 – $205.70 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $204.96 | $14.72 – $225.06 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $194.11 | $14.72 – $262.26 |