Brace wrist classic lft sm 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

$68.88

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.

$164.00

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.

$5.78 with United vs $137.53 with Medica — 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 $5.78 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $5.78 ↓ -92%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $11.21 ↓ -84%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $20.37 ↓ -70%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $24.11 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|All Plans $25.13 ↓ -64%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $25.47 ↓ -63%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $25.47 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $25.47 ↓ -63%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.86 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|ACO $33.95 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $34.63 ↓ -50%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $34.63 ↓ -50%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $35.31 ↓ -49%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $131.34 ↑ +91%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $137.53 ↑ +100%

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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $68.88 $4.76 – $35.31
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $68.88 $5.78 – $28.86
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $68.88 $5.44 – $35.31
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $68.88 $6.12 – $35.31
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $78.26 $4.92 – $25.99
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $18.88 $8.15 – $35.31
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $34.06 $7.28 – $32.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $25.03 $7.13 – $35.31

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