Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$186.48

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.

$444.00

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.

$9.18 with Amerigroup vs $377.40 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 $9.18 ↓ -95%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $9.18 ↓ -95%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -95%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -95%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -95%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -95%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -95%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $9.66 ↓ -95%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $9.75 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $9.94 ↓ -95%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $9.94 ↓ -95%
Medica Commercial|ACO $18.29 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $19.47 ↓ -90%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $20.27 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $20.39 ↓ -89%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $30.52 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Plans $39.83 ↓ -79%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $64.75 ↓ -65%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $64.75 ↓ -65%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $64.75 ↓ -65%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $74.46 ↓ -60%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $74.46 ↓ -60%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $74.46 ↓ -60%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $74.46 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $75.48 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $75.48 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $146.52 ↓ -21%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $230.88 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $230.88 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $266.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $315.24 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $333.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $377.40 ↑ +102%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $186.48 $9.18 – $377.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $186.48 $9.18 – $377.40
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $186.48 $9.18 – $377.40
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $19.92 $12.76 – $28.13
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $186.48 $9.18 – $377.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $209.10 $6.22 – $28.42
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $40.48 $9.18 – $72.16
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $113.71 $6.65 – $29.76

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