X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 views 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

$197.82

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.

$471.00

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.

$46.24 with Medica vs $400.35 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $46.24 ↓ -77%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $51.66 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|All Plans $63.96 ↓ -68%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $66.53 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $69.67 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $74.28 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $74.28 ↓ -62%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $75.73 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $80.07 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $80.07 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $85.81 ↓ -57%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $85.81 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $85.81 ↓ -57%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $85.81 ↓ -57%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $85.81 ↓ -57%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $87.53 ↓ -56%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $88.38 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $90.10 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $90.10 ↓ -54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $97.43 ↓ -51%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $97.43 ↓ -51%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $97.43 ↓ -51%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $112.04 ↓ -43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $112.04 ↓ -43%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $112.04 ↓ -43%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $112.04 ↓ -43%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $155.43 ↓ -21%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $183.63 ↓ -7%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $244.92 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $244.92 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $282.60 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $334.41 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $353.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $400.35 ↑ +102%

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 views at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $197.82 $46.24 – $400.35
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $197.82 $63.96 – $400.35
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $197.82 $46.24 – $400.35
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $188.12 $115.28 – $254.14
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $197.82 $46.24 – $400.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $328.95 $82.90 – $438.17
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $148.57 $38.35 – $171.84
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $265.96 $46.24 – $405.48

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