External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution 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

$43.68

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$104.00

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$17.68 with United vs $105.62 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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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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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $17.68 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $17.68 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $20.67 ↓ -53%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $20.67 ↓ -53%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $21.07 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↓ -45%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↓ -45%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↓ -45%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $23.87 ↓ -45%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $24.35 ↓ -44%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $24.59 ↓ -44%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $25.06 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $25.06 ↓ -43%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $34.32 ↓ -21%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $51.08 ↑ +17%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $54.08 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $54.08 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $62.40 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|ACO $63.69 ↑ +46%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $64.25 ↑ +47%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $67.28 ↑ +54%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $73.84 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $78.00 ↑ +79%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $80.95 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.40 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|All Plans $105.62 ↑ +142%

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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $43.68 $14.56 – $88.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $43.68 $17.68 – $88.40
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $43.68 $16.64 – $88.40
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $43.68 $18.72 – $88.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $75.65 $19.07 – $100.77
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $43.24 $16.42 – $77.08
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $33.20 $8.57 – $38.40
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $74.76 $54.29 – $120.53

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