Cholinesterase challenge 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

$145.74

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.

$347.00

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.

$48.83 with Medica vs $649.45 with AMPS — 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
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $48.83 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial|ACO $54.31 ↓ -63%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $58.99 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $58.99 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $114.51 ↓ -21%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $119.74 ↓ -18%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $180.44 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $208.20 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $225.55 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $246.37 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $256.78 ↑ +76%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $260.25 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $260.25 ↑ +79%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $262.70 ↑ +80%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $262.70 ↑ +80%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $267.85 ↑ +84%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $294.95 ↑ +102%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +108%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +108%
United Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +108%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +108%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $303.48 ↑ +108%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $309.55 ↑ +112%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $312.58 ↑ +114%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $318.65 ↑ +119%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $318.65 ↑ +119%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $649.45 ↑ +346%

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Cholinesterase challenge at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $145.74 $48.58 – $294.95
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $145.74 $58.99 – $294.95
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $145.74 $48.83 – $294.95
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $145.74 $48.83 – $294.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $152.15 $35.35 – $161.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $151.89 $38.35 – $171.84
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $150.36 $44.75 – $161.70

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