Homovanillic acid (hva) at CHI Health Immanuel

6901 N 72nd St, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1912085184

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$71.40

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.

$170.00

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.

$21.72 with Amerigroup vs $152.22 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $21.72 ↓ -70%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $21.72 ↓ -70%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $22.14 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -69%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -69%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -69%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $22.41 ↓ -69%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $22.86 ↓ -68%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $23.08 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $23.53 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $23.53 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $23.80 ↓ -67%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $25.50 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $42.88 ↓ -40%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $46.07 ↓ -35%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $48.25 ↓ -32%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $49.75 ↓ -30%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $62.36 ↓ -13%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $64.60 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|All Plans $81.38 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $88.40 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $88.40 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $102.00 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $120.70 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $127.50 ↑ +79%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $132.37 ↑ +85%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $132.37 ↑ +85%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $132.37 ↑ +85%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $144.50 ↑ +102%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $152.22 ↑ +113%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $152.22 ↑ +113%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $152.22 ↑ +113%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $152.22 ↑ +113%

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $71.40 $21.72 – $152.22
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $71.40 $21.72 – $152.22
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $71.40 $21.72 – $152.22
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $41.68 $29.92 – $65.96
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $71.40 $21.72 – $152.22
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $220.15 $22.41 – $253.82
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $76.25 $21.72 – $125.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $205.00 $21.72 – $328.00

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