Brain image w/flow < 4 views 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

$620.76

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.

$1,478.00

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.

$236.48 with Centene vs $1,256.30 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $236.48 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $236.48 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $327.28 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $327.28 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $333.14 ↓ -46%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $333.69 ↓ -46%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $386.51 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -37%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -37%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -37%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $391.61 ↓ -37%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $399.44 ↓ -36%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $403.36 ↓ -35%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $404.74 ↓ -35%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $411.19 ↓ -34%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $411.19 ↓ -34%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $413.84 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $523.10 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Plans $647.68 ↑ +4%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $768.56 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $768.56 ↑ +24%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $869.37 ↑ +40%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $886.80 ↑ +43%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $902.50 ↑ +45%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $902.50 ↑ +45%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $902.50 ↑ +45%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,037.88 ↑ +67%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,037.88 ↑ +67%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,037.88 ↑ +67%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,037.88 ↑ +67%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,049.38 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,108.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,256.30 ↑ +102%

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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $620.76 $206.92 – $1,256.30
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $620.76 $251.26 – $1,256.30
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $620.76 $251.26 – $1,256.30
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $620.76 $266.04 – $1,256.30
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,003.85 $252.98 – $1,337.13
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $630.20 $328.80 – $1,123.40
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $856.68 $333.14 – $1,452.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $685.00 $315.10 – $1,228.99

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