X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy
7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1508941097
$230.16
Cash price 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.
$548.00
Gross charge 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.
$54.43 with Medica vs $465.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $54.43 | ↓ -76% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $61.99 | ↓ -73% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $75.56 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $76.76 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.12 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $89.71 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $89.71 | ↓ -61% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $91.47 | ↓ -60% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $93.16 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $93.16 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -55% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $103.63 | ↓ -55% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $105.62 | ↓ -54% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $105.62 | ↓ -54% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $105.62 | ↓ -54% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $105.70 | ↓ -54% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $106.74 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $108.81 | ↓ -53% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $108.81 | ↓ -53% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $121.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $121.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $121.47 | ↓ -47% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $121.47 | ↓ -47% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $180.84 | ↓ -21% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $221.77 | ↓ -4% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $284.96 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $284.96 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $328.80 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $389.08 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $411.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $465.80 | ↑ +102% |
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X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $230.16 | $54.43 – $465.80 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $230.16 | $76.76 – $465.80 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $230.16 | $54.43 – $465.80 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $366.90 | $224.84 – $495.67 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $230.16 | $54.43 – $465.80 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $408.00 | $15.21 – $80.39 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $531.20 | $22.07 – $98.88 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $416.63 | $54.43 – $635.19 |