Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy
7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1508941097
$171.78
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$409.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$69.53 with Centene vs $371.27 with AMPS — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $69.53 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $69.53 | ↓ -60% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $134.97 | ↓ -21% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $145.24 | ↓ -15% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $150.18 | ↓ -13% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $150.18 | ↓ -13% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $153.13 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↑ +1% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↑ +1% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↑ +1% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $176.96 | ↑ +3% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $178.69 | ↑ +4% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $182.16 | ↑ +6% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $182.16 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $212.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $212.68 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $215.74 | ↑ +26% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $225.91 | ↑ +32% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $245.40 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $290.39 | ↑ +69% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $306.75 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $306.75 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $306.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $347.65 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $371.27 | ↑ +116% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $171.78 | $57.26 – $347.65 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $171.78 | $69.53 – $347.65 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $171.78 | $65.44 – $347.65 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $171.78 | $73.62 – $347.65 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $258.40 | $65.12 – $344.19 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $155.02 | $80.88 – $276.34 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $255.64 | $65.98 – $295.68 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $654.53 | $145.24 – $997.89 |