Valvuloplasty aortic at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$2,598.00
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.
$5,196.00
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.
$1,195.08 with United vs $15,961.00 with Medica — 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 | $1,195.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $1,207.04 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $2,369.39 | ↓ -9% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $2,961.72 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $3,221.52 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $3,221.52 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,585.24 | ↑ +38% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,156.80 | ↑ +60% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $4,643.62 | ↑ +79% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,643.62 | ↑ +79% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $4,734.67 | ↑ +82% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5,502.77 | ↑ +112% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $5,502.77 | ↑ +112% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5,502.77 | ↑ +112% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $5,502.77 | ↑ +112% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $5,502.77 | ↑ +112% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $5,667.85 | ↑ +118% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $5,777.91 | ↑ +122% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $8,158.00 | ↑ +214% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $9,696.00 | ↑ +273% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $10,431.19 | ↑ +302% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $10,431.19 | ↑ +302% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $10,431.19 | ↑ +302% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $12,216.15 | ↑ +370% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $13,584.00 | ↑ +423% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $15,006.45 | ↑ +478% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $15,006.45 | ↑ +478% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $15,006.45 | ↑ +478% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $15,006.45 | ↑ +478% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $15,961.00 | ↑ +514% |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $2,390.16 | $1,247.04 – $4,260.72 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $3,353.28 | $1,437.12 – $6,786.40 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $3,353.28 | $1,117.76 – $6,786.40 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $3,353.28 | $1,357.28 – $6,786.40 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $3,249.72 | $1,266.84 – $5,177.52 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $3,353.28 | $1,357.28 – $6,786.40 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $3,353.28 | $1,277.44 – $6,786.40 |