(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at CHI Health Lakeside

16901 LAKESIDE HILLS CT, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1649355132

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

$28.98

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.

$69.00

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.

$3.33 with Amerigroup vs $58.65 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $3.33 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $3.33 ↓ -89%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3.39 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3.43 ↓ -88%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3.43 ↓ -88%
United Medicare|All Plans $3.43 ↓ -88%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3.43 ↓ -88%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3.43 ↓ -88%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3.50 ↓ -88%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3.53 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3.60 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3.60 ↓ -88%
Medica Commercial|ACO $6.30 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $7.05 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $7.38 ↓ -75%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $7.61 ↓ -74%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $11.04 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $11.04 ↓ -62%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $11.07 ↓ -62%
United Commercial|All Plans $14.44 ↓ -50%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $19.32 ↓ -33%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $22.92 ↓ -21%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $22.92 ↓ -21%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $22.92 ↓ -21%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $26.36 ↓ -9%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $26.36 ↓ -9%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $26.36 ↓ -9%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $26.36 ↓ -9%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $35.88 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $35.88 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $41.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $48.99 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $51.75 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $58.65 ↑ +102%

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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $28.98 $3.33 – $58.65
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $28.98 $3.33 – $58.65
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $28.98 $3.33 – $58.65
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $28.98 $3.33 – $58.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $48.45 $3.43 – $55.86
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $29.05 $3.43 – $33.60
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $47.88 $3.43 – $55.86

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