Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$7,832.44

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.

$18,648.65

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.

$2.49 with BCBS - NE vs $765.80 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $2.49 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $2.98 ↓ -100%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3.01 ↓ -100%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3.07 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3.07 ↓ -100%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $3.32 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|All Plans $4.90 ↓ -100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $5.71 ↓ -100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $5.71 ↓ -100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $5.71 ↓ -100%
Medica Commercial|ACO $6.15 ↓ -100%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $6.41 ↓ -100%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6.48 ↓ -100%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $6.57 ↓ -100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $6.57 ↓ -100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $6.57 ↓ -100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $6.57 ↓ -100%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $6.72 ↓ -100%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $8.00 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -100%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $8.15 ↓ -100%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $144.16 ↓ -98%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $144.16 ↓ -98%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $252.27 ↓ -97%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $468.49 ↓ -94%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $540.57 ↓ -93%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $639.67 ↓ -92%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $675.71 ↓ -91%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $675.71 ↓ -91%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $765.80 ↓ -90%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $7,832.44 $2.49 – $765.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $7,832.44 $3.15 – $765.80
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $7,832.44 $2.49 – $765.80
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $7,832.44 $2.49 – $765.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $15,851.36 $192.99 – $1,020.05
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,715.68 $2.99 – $153.72
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $3,095.68 $40.16 – $179.97
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,275.14 $2.49 – $174.34

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