Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy

7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1508941097

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

$168.84

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.

$402.00

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.

$16.74 with Centene vs $341.70 with MultiPlan — 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $16.74 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $16.74 ↓ -90%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $17.07 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $17.27 ↓ -90%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $17.27 ↓ -90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $17.27 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $17.27 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $17.27 ↓ -90%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $17.62 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $17.79 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $18.13 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $18.13 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|ACO $33.41 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $35.51 ↓ -79%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $36.96 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $37.18 ↓ -78%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $68.34 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $68.34 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $132.66 ↓ -21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $209.04 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $209.04 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $241.20 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $285.42 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $297.48 ↑ +76%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $301.50 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $301.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $341.70 ↑ +102%

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Alcohol (ethanol) any specimen except urine/breath at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $168.84 $16.74 – $341.70
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $168.84 $16.74 – $341.70
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $168.84 $16.74 – $341.70
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $168.84 $16.74 – $341.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $339.15 $17.27 – $391.02
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $184.92 $16.74 – $329.64
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $103.75 $17.27 – $120.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $73.20 $16.74 – $111.60

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