Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) 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

$2,120.58

Cash price

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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.

$5,049.00

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.

$301.29 with Amerigroup vs $4,291.65 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 $301.29 ↓ -86%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $301.29 ↓ -86%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $307.20 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -84%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -84%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -84%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $355.00 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $358.48 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $365.44 ↓ -83%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $365.44 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|ACO $509.69 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $658.15 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $689.20 ↓ -67%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $744.81 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $858.33 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $858.33 ↓ -60%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,344.85 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,665.13 ↓ -21%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,666.17 ↓ -21%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,202.56 ↑ +4%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,202.56 ↑ +4%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,202.56 ↑ +4%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $2,532.95 ↑ +19%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $2,532.95 ↑ +19%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $2,532.95 ↑ +19%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $2,532.95 ↑ +19%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,625.48 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,625.48 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $3,029.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,584.79 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,786.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,291.65 ↑ +102%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,120.58 $509.69 – $4,291.65
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,120.58 $858.33 – $4,291.65
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $2,120.58 $509.69 – $4,291.65
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,948.73 $1,398.76 – $3,083.63
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,120.58 $509.69 – $4,291.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $4,650.35 $1,171.89 – $6,194.27
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $3,703.31 $509.69 – $5,646.03
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $3,655.64 $509.69 – $5,824.24

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