Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level 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

$876.54

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.

$2,087.00

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.

$172.60 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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|ACO $172.60 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $354.79 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $354.79 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $688.71 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $751.07 ↓ -14%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $751.07 ↓ -14%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $765.79 ↓ -13%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $855.67 ↓ -2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $867.64 ↓ -1%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $867.64 ↓ -1%
United Medicare|All Plans $867.64 ↓ -1%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $867.64 ↓ -1%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $867.64 ↓ -1%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $884.99 ↑ +1%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $893.67 ↑ +2%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $911.02 ↑ +4%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $911.02 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|All Plans $980.89 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,085.24 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,085.24 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,252.20 ↑ +43%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,422.00 ↑ +62%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,481.77 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,565.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,773.95 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,856.75 ↑ +112%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,938.00 ↑ +121%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +223%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +223%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +223%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +272%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +272%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +272%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +272%

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $876.54 $172.60 – $1,773.95
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $876.54 $354.79 – $1,773.95
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $876.54 $172.60 – $1,773.95
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $2,499.34 $180.40 – $1,378.08
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $876.54 $172.60 – $1,773.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,464.55 $106.46 – $562.71
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,185.24 $106.46 – $477.12
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,808.04 $172.60 – $2,756.52

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