Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$137.34

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.

$327.00

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.

$55.59 with Centene vs $357.38 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $55.59 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $55.59 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|ACO $57.37 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $57.88 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $60.61 ↓ -56%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $73.36 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Plans $95.72 ↓ -30%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $107.91 ↓ -21%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $144.56 ↑ +5%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $144.56 ↑ +5%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $147.40 ↑ +7%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +22%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +22%
United Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +22%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +22%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +22%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $170.04 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $170.04 ↑ +24%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $170.34 ↑ +24%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $172.01 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $175.35 ↑ +28%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $175.35 ↑ +28%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $196.20 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $232.17 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $245.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $277.95 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $357.38 ↑ +160%

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Antibody elution rbc reference at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $137.34 $45.78 – $277.95
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $137.34 $55.59 – $277.95
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $137.34 $52.32 – $277.95
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $264.19 $151.36 – $333.68
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $137.34 $57.37 – $277.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $129.20 $16.50 – $87.18
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $105.80 $27.36 – $188.60
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $127.82 $14.78 – $66.24

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