Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at CHI Health St. Mary's

1301 GRUNDMAN BLVD, Nebraska City, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1528016995

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

$0.29

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.

$0.35

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.

$0.01 with IAMolina vs $0.03 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.

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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
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $0.01 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $0.01 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -93%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -93%
United Medicare|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -93%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $0.02 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -93%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -93%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -93%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $0.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -93%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $0.02 ↓ -93%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $0.03 ↓ -90%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $0.03 ↓ -90%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $0.03 ↓ -90%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $0.03 ↓ -90%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $0.03 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $0.03 ↓ -90%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $0.03 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $0.03 ↓ -90%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $0.03 ↓ -90%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $0.03 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|ACO $0.03 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $0.03 ↓ -90%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $0.03 ↓ -90%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $0.03 ↓ -90%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $0.03 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|All Plans $0.03 ↓ -90%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $0.03 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $0.03 ↓ -90%

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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $86.84 $6.43 – $84.58
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $175.74 $21.32 – $112.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $86.84 $6.43 – $84.58
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $86.84 $8.15 – $84.58
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $86.84 $6.43 – $84.58
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $173.67 $60.70 – $134.75
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $86.84 $6.43 – $84.58

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