Venous mech thrombectomy at CHI Health St. Elizabeth

555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$5,746.50

Cash price

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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.

$11,493.00

Gross charge

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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.

$712.87 with Medica vs $24,298.43 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Medica Commercial|ACO $712.87 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,643.39 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,669.83 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $6,551.01 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $7,125.66 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $7,125.66 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $7,930.17 ↑ +38%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $8,158.00 ↑ +42%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $9,194.40 ↑ +60%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $9,236.37 ↑ +61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $9,236.37 ↑ +61%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $9,417.47 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|All Plans $9,696.00 ↑ +69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,945.24 ↑ +90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $10,945.24 ↑ +90%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,945.24 ↑ +90%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $10,945.24 ↑ +90%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $10,945.24 ↑ +90%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $11,273.60 ↑ +96%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $11,492.50 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,584.00 ↑ +136%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $15,961.00 ↑ +178%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $16,365.66 ↑ +185%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $16,365.66 ↑ +185%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $16,365.66 ↑ +185%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $18,820.51 ↑ +228%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $18,820.51 ↑ +228%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $18,820.51 ↑ +228%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $18,820.51 ↑ +228%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $24,298.43 ↑ +323%

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Venous mech thrombectomy at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $3,981.30 $712.87 – $7,097.10
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $4,280.64 $712.87 – $8,663.20
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $4,280.64 $712.87 – $8,663.20
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $4,280.64 $1,732.64 – $8,663.20
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $9,154.88 $712.87 – $13,957.44
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $8,850.59 $712.87 – $14,100.94
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $4,280.64 $712.87 – $8,663.20
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $4,280.64 $712.87 – $8,663.20

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