CT t-spine w /wo contrast 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

$1,112.16

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.

$2,648.00

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.

$144.98 with Amerigroup vs $2,250.80 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 $144.98 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $144.98 ↓ -87%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $147.83 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $173.49 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $173.49 ↓ -84%
United Medicare|All Plans $173.49 ↓ -84%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $173.49 ↓ -84%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $173.49 ↓ -84%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $176.96 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $178.69 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $182.16 ↓ -84%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $182.16 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|ACO $272.18 ↓ -76%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $385.15 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $398.04 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $416.82 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $423.68 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $423.68 ↓ -62%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $548.46 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Plans $679.07 ↓ -39%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $741.44 ↓ -33%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $947.09 ↓ -15%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $947.09 ↓ -15%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $947.09 ↓ -15%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,089.16 ↓ -2%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,089.16 ↓ -2%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,089.16 ↓ -2%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,089.16 ↓ -2%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,376.96 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,376.96 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,588.80 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,880.08 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,986.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,250.80 ↑ +102%

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,112.16 $272.18 – $2,250.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,112.16 $450.16 – $2,250.80
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,112.16 $272.18 – $2,250.80
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,112.16 $272.18 – $2,250.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $3,269.95 $824.03 – $4,355.58
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,478.90 $272.18 – $2,636.30
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,968.47 $272.18 – $3,001.11
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,936.97 $272.18 – $3,086.02

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