Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr 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

$122.96

Cash price

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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.

$292.75

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.

$13.99 with BCBS - NE vs $84.58 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 $13.99 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $15.92 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $15.92 ↓ -87%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $18.65 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Plans $27.13 ↓ -78%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $27.86 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $31.25 ↓ -75%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $31.59 ↓ -74%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $31.59 ↓ -74%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $31.59 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $32.73 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|ACO $33.52 ↓ -73%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $36.33 ↓ -70%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $36.33 ↓ -70%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $36.33 ↓ -70%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $36.33 ↓ -70%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $51.74 ↓ -58%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $59.70 ↓ -51%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $70.65 ↓ -43%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $74.63 ↓ -39%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $74.63 ↓ -39%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $84.58 ↓ -31%

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Epoprostenol (arginine) 1 mg in 50 ml ns inhalation syringe - cnr at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $122.96 $13.93 – $84.58
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $122.96 $16.92 – $84.58
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $122.96 $13.99 – $84.58
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $122.96 $13.99 – $84.58
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $248.84 $21.32 – $112.66
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $26.94 $3.84 – $14.39
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $48.60 $3.43 – $15.35
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $35.72 $3.36 – $15.98

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