Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy
7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1508941097
$730.38
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.
$1,739.00
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.
$199.71 with Medica vs $3,489.13 with Timpte — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $199.71 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $295.63 | ↓ -60% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $295.63 | ↓ -60% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $573.87 | ↓ -21% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $790.95 | ↑ +8% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $790.95 | ↑ +8% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $806.46 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $817.33 | ↑ +12% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $904.28 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $904.28 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $913.71 | ↑ +25% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $913.71 | ↑ +25% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $913.71 | ↑ +25% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $913.71 | ↑ +25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $913.71 | ↑ +25% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $931.98 | ↑ +28% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $941.12 | ↑ +29% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $959.40 | ↑ +31% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $959.40 | ↑ +31% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,043.40 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,234.69 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,304.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,478.15 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,701.00 | ↑ +133% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,955.34 | ↑ +168% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,322.00 | ↑ +218% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +315% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +315% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +315% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +378% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +378% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +378% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +378% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $730.38 | $199.71 – $1,478.15 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $730.38 | $295.63 – $1,478.15 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $730.38 | $199.71 – $1,478.15 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $122.18 | $99.00 – $218.25 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $730.38 | $199.71 – $1,478.15 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $1,110.95 | $182.29 – $833.98 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $536.82 | $199.71 – $956.94 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $1,005.96 | $182.29 – $816.96 |