Contrst x-ray uppr gi tract at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy
7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1508941097
$517.44
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.
$1,232.00
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.
$209.44 with United vs $1,047.20 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.
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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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $209.44 | ↓ -60% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $209.44 | ↓ -60% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $406.56 | ↓ -21% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $640.64 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $640.64 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $739.20 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $874.72 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $924.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $924.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,047.20 | ↑ +102% |
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Contrst x-ray uppr gi tract at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $517.44 | $172.48 – $1,047.20 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $517.44 | $209.44 – $1,047.20 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $517.44 | $197.12 – $1,047.20 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $517.44 | $221.76 – $1,047.20 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $652.80 | $164.51 – $869.53 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $1,296.46 | $334.59 – $1,499.52 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | Lincoln | $702.00 | $322.92 – $1,123.20 |
| CHI Health Plainview | Plainview | $645.12 | $468.48 – $1,040.03 |