Low cost skin substitute app 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

$349.44

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.

$832.00

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.

$141.44 with United vs $3,259.25 with One World — 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $141.44 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $141.44 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $274.56 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|All Plans $391.04 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $432.64 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $432.64 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $499.20 ↑ +43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $540.80 ↑ +55%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $590.72 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $624.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $707.20 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $953.00 ↑ +173%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,175.00 ↑ +236%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,302.00 ↑ +273%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +711%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +711%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +711%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +833%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +833%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +833%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +833%

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Low cost skin substitute app at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $349.44 $116.48 – $707.20
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $349.44 $141.44 – $707.20
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $349.44 $133.12 – $707.20
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $349.44 $149.76 – $707.20
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $170.19 $58.59 – $259.47
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $176.41 $68.77 – $281.06
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $146.50 $67.39 – $234.40

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