MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) 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

$1,150.38

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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.

$2,739.00

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.

$203.92 with Amerigroup vs $2,328.15 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 $203.92 ↓ -82%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $203.92 ↓ -82%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $207.92 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -80%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -80%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -80%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $235.57 ↓ -80%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $240.28 ↓ -79%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $242.64 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $247.35 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $247.35 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|ACO $314.43 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $449.42 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $465.63 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $465.63 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $470.62 ↓ -59%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $504.12 ↓ -56%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $785.12 ↓ -32%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $903.87 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|All Plans $972.10 ↓ -15%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,305.34 ↑ +13%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,305.34 ↑ +13%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,305.34 ↑ +13%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,424.28 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,424.28 ↑ +24%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,501.14 ↑ +30%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,501.14 ↑ +30%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,501.14 ↑ +30%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,501.14 ↑ +30%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,643.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,944.69 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,054.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,328.15 ↑ +102%

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MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,150.38 $314.43 – $2,328.15
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,150.38 $465.63 – $2,328.15
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $1,150.38 $314.43 – $2,328.15
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,238.57 $781.88 – $1,723.69
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,150.38 $314.43 – $2,328.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,831.35 $713.51 – $3,771.36
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,649.36 $683.73 – $3,064.32
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,667.74 $314.43 – $2,542.62

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