Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

$435.96

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.

$1,038.00

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.

$27.03 with Centene vs $3,259.25 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.

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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 $27.03 ↓ -94%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $27.03 ↓ -94%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $52.47 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|All Plans $74.73 ↓ -83%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $95.40 ↓ -78%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $112.89 ↓ -74%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $119.25 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $119.25 ↓ -73%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $119.25 ↓ -73%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $135.15 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|ACO $159.00 ↓ -64%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $521.58 ↑ +20%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $521.58 ↑ +20%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $531.80 ↑ +22%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $602.53 ↑ +38%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $602.53 ↑ +38%
United Medicare|All Plans $602.53 ↑ +38%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $602.53 ↑ +38%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $602.53 ↑ +38%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $614.58 ↑ +41%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $620.61 ↑ +42%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $632.66 ↑ +45%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $632.66 ↑ +45%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,289.41 ↑ +196%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,422.00 ↑ +226%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,938.00 ↑ +345%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +550%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +550%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +550%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +648%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +648%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +648%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +648%

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $435.96 $22.26 – $135.15
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $435.96 $27.03 – $135.15
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $435.96 $25.44 – $135.15
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $152.58 $82.28 – $181.39
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $435.96 $28.62 – $135.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $666.40 $146.30 – $773.30
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $758.54 $166.11 – $1,352.18
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $656.53 $146.30 – $655.68

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