Autologous blood process 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

$357.00

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.

$850.00

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.

$144.50 with United vs $722.50 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $144.50 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $144.50 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $144.56 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $144.56 ↓ -60%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $147.40 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
United Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↓ -53%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $170.34 ↓ -52%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $172.01 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $175.35 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $175.35 ↓ -51%
Medica Commercial|ACO $180.35 ↓ -49%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $181.94 ↓ -49%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $190.52 ↓ -47%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $230.23 ↓ -36%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $280.50 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|All Plans $300.41 ↓ -16%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $357.38 ↑ +0%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $442.00 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $442.00 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $510.00 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $603.50 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $637.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $722.50 ↑ +102%

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Autologous blood process at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $357.00 $119.00 – $722.50
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $357.00 $144.50 – $722.50
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $357.00 $136.00 – $722.50
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $357.00 $153.00 – $722.50
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $583.95 $147.16 – $777.83
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $577.08 $419.07 – $930.34

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