Remove esophagus obstruction 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

$252.00

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.

$600.00

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.

$102.00 with Centene vs $510.00 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 $102.00 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $102.00 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|ACO $189.36 ↓ -25%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $198.00 ↓ -21%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $304.58 ↑ +21%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $307.11 ↑ +22%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $312.00 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $312.00 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $318.95 ↑ +27%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $360.00 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Plans $380.25 ↑ +51%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $426.00 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $450.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $510.00 ↑ +102%

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Remove esophagus obstruction at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $252.00 $84.00 – $510.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $252.00 $102.00 – $510.00
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $252.00 $96.00 – $510.00
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $252.00 $108.00 – $510.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $342.55 $86.33 – $456.28
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $338.52 $245.83 – $545.75

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