Assay of neonatal thyroxine 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

$17.22

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.

$41.00

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.

$6.27 with Amerigroup vs $41.00 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $6.27 ↓ -64%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $6.27 ↓ -64%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $6.40 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -62%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -62%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -62%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $6.47 ↓ -62%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $6.60 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $6.66 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $6.79 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $6.79 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $6.97 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $6.97 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|ACO $12.62 ↓ -27%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13.30 ↓ -23%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $13.53 ↓ -21%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $13.85 ↓ -20%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $13.93 ↓ -19%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $20.84 ↑ +21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $21.32 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $21.32 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $24.60 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Plans $27.20 ↑ +58%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $29.11 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $30.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $34.85 ↑ +102%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $41.00 ↑ +138%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $41.00 ↑ +138%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $41.00 ↑ +138%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $41.00 ↑ +138%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $41.00 ↑ +138%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $41.00 ↑ +138%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $41.00 ↑ +138%

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Assay of neonatal thyroxine at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $17.22 $5.74 – $41.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $17.22 $6.27 – $41.00
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $17.22 $6.27 – $41.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $12.26 $8.80 – $19.40
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $17.22 $6.27 – $41.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $27.20 $6.47 – $31.36
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $24.90 $6.43 – $28.80
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $31.72 $6.27 – $52.00

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