Assay of urine sulfate 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

$34.86

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.

$83.00

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.

$5.32 with Amerigroup vs $70.55 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $5.32 ↓ -85%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $5.32 ↓ -85%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $5.43 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5.49 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5.49 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $5.49 ↓ -84%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $5.49 ↓ -84%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5.49 ↓ -84%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5.65 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5.76 ↓ -83%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5.76 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|ACO $10.71 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $11.29 ↓ -68%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $11.75 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $11.82 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $14.11 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $14.11 ↓ -60%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -56%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $19.66 ↓ -44%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $19.66 ↓ -44%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $19.66 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|All Plans $19.96 ↓ -43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $22.61 ↓ -35%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $22.61 ↓ -35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $22.61 ↓ -35%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $22.61 ↓ -35%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $27.39 ↓ -21%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $43.16 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $43.16 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $49.80 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $58.93 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $62.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $70.55 ↑ +102%

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $34.86 $5.32 – $70.55
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $34.86 $5.32 – $70.55
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $34.86 $5.32 – $70.55
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $44.14 $7.48 – $16.49
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $34.86 $5.32 – $70.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $54.40 $5.49 – $62.72
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $150.06 $5.32 – $228.78
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $8.50 $3.91 – $17.00

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