Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$129.36

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.

$308.00

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.

$49.28 with United vs $370.74 with AMPS — 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $49.28 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $49.28 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|ACO $51.07 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $51.52 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $53.95 ↓ -58%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $64.92 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|All Plans $84.71 ↓ -35%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $86.24 ↓ -33%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $139.57 ↑ +8%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $139.57 ↑ +8%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $142.30 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $160.16 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $160.16 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +29%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +29%
United Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +29%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +29%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $167.00 ↑ +29%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $170.34 ↑ +32%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $172.01 ↑ +33%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $175.35 ↑ +36%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $175.35 ↑ +36%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $184.80 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $218.68 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $231.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $261.80 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $370.74 ↑ +187%

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Compatibility test each unit electronic at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $129.36 $43.12 – $261.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $129.36 $52.36 – $261.80
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $129.36 $51.07 – $261.80
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $224.63 $151.36 – $333.68
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $129.36 $51.07 – $261.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $269.45 $67.91 – $358.91
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $155.94 $16.42 – $277.98
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $244.85 $63.19 – $283.20

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