Pulmonary vent imaging 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

$456.96

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.

$1,088.00

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.

$184.96 with Centene vs $924.80 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $184.96 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $184.96 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|ACO $282.49 ↓ -38%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $336.14 ↓ -26%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $339.00 ↓ -26%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $339.00 ↓ -26%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $345.64 ↓ -24%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $351.99 ↓ -23%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $359.04 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -14%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -14%
United Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -14%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -14%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -14%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $399.44 ↓ -13%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $403.36 ↓ -12%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $411.19 ↓ -10%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $411.19 ↓ -10%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $447.03 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|All Plans $553.49 ↑ +21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $565.76 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $565.76 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $652.80 ↑ +43%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $767.32 ↑ +68%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $767.32 ↑ +68%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $767.32 ↑ +68%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $772.48 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $816.00 ↑ +79%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $838.05 ↑ +83%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $882.42 ↑ +93%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $882.42 ↑ +93%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $882.42 ↑ +93%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $882.42 ↑ +93%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $924.80 ↑ +102%

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Pulmonary vent imaging at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $456.96 $152.32 – $924.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $456.96 $184.96 – $924.80
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $456.96 $174.08 – $924.80
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $520.61 $359.04 – $791.52
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $456.96 $195.84 – $924.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $836.40 $210.78 – $1,114.09
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $627.44 $282.49 – $1,118.48
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $993.51 $256.40 – $1,149.12

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