Blood smear interpretation at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy
7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1508941097
$41.58
Cash price 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.
$99.00
Gross charge 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.
$16.83 with United vs $99.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $16.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $16.83 | ↓ -60% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $32.67 | ↓ -21% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $45.44 | ↑ +9% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $46.10 | ↑ +11% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.27 | ↑ +16% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $51.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $51.48 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $59.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $59.87 | ↑ +44% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $70.29 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $74.25 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $78.12 | ↑ +88% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $84.15 | ↑ +102% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $99.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $99.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $99.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $99.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $99.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $99.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $99.00 | ↑ +138% |
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Blood smear interpretation at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $41.58 | $13.86 – $99.00 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $41.58 | $16.83 – $99.00 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $41.58 | $15.84 – $99.00 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $41.58 | $17.82 – $99.00 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $83.30 | $21.00 – $110.96 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $25.76 | $13.44 – $45.92 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $58.10 | $15.00 – $67.20 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $62.22 | $21.42 – $102.00 |