Contrast x-ray of elbow at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy
7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1508941097
$229.74
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.
$547.00
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.
$92.99 with Centene vs $744.81 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.
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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $92.99 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $92.99 | ↓ -60% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $140.83 | ↓ -39% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $176.56 | ↓ -23% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $180.51 | ↓ -21% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $214.77 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $218.60 | ↓ -5% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $224.90 | ↓ -2% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $284.44 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $284.44 | ↑ +24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $301.29 | ↑ +31% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $301.29 | ↑ +31% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $307.20 | ↑ +34% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $318.88 | ↑ +39% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $318.88 | ↑ +39% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $318.88 | ↑ +39% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $328.20 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↑ +51% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↑ +51% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↑ +51% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $355.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $358.48 | ↑ +56% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $365.44 | ↑ +59% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $365.44 | ↑ +59% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $366.71 | ↑ +60% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $366.71 | ↑ +60% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $366.71 | ↑ +60% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $366.71 | ↑ +60% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $388.37 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $410.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $464.95 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $744.81 | ↑ +224% |
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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $229.74 | $76.58 – $464.95 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $229.74 | $92.99 – $464.95 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $229.74 | $87.52 – $464.95 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $229.74 | $98.46 – $464.95 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $571.12 | $140.83 – $909.92 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | Lincoln | $484.00 | $140.83 – $774.40 |