Tc-99m mebrofenin 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

$58.38

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.

$139.00

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.

$23.63 with United vs $187.21 with United — 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 $23.63 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $23.63 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $45.87 ↓ -21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $72.28 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $72.28 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $83.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $98.69 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $104.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $118.15 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $129.65 ↑ +122%
Medica Commercial|ACO $132.43 ↑ +127%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $135.77 ↑ +133%
United Commercial|All Plans $187.21 ↑ +221%

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Tc-99m mebrofenin at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $58.38 $19.46 – $118.15
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $58.38 $23.63 – $118.15
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $58.38 $22.24 – $118.15
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $168.02 $119.24 – $262.87
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $58.38 $25.02 – $118.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $101.15 $25.49 – $134.74
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $62.56 $32.64 – $111.52
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $64.74 $16.71 – $74.88

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