Head CT scan (without 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

$673.68

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.

$1,604.00

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.

$86.61 with Amerigroup vs $1,363.40 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 $86.61 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $86.61 ↓ -87%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $103.63 ↓ -85%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $103.63 ↓ -85%
United Medicare|All Plans $103.63 ↓ -85%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $103.63 ↓ -85%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $103.63 ↓ -85%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $105.70 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $106.74 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $108.81 ↓ -84%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $108.81 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|ACO $130.10 ↓ -81%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $193.46 ↓ -71%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $212.18 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $222.19 ↓ -67%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $230.06 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|All Plans $239.53 ↓ -64%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $256.64 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $256.64 ↓ -62%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $333.61 ↓ -50%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $333.61 ↓ -50%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $333.61 ↓ -50%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $383.65 ↓ -43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $383.65 ↓ -43%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $383.65 ↓ -43%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $383.65 ↓ -43%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $449.12 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $834.08 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $834.08 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $962.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,138.84 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,203.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,363.40 ↑ +102%

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Head CT scan (without contrast) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $673.68 $130.10 – $1,363.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $673.68 $239.53 – $1,363.40
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $673.68 $130.10 – $1,363.40
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $917.39 $659.56 – $1,454.03
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $673.68 $130.10 – $1,363.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,176.00 $548.36 – $2,898.44
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $951.74 $130.10 – $1,696.58
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,908.17 $492.45 – $2,207.04

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