Lymph vessel x-ray trunk 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

$2,097.90

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.

$4,995.00

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.

$377.87 with Medica vs $6,809.69 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $377.87 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $485.75 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $508.67 ↓ -76%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $631.09 ↓ -70%
United Commercial|All Plans $781.39 ↓ -63%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $799.20 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $799.20 ↓ -62%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,398.60 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,563.49 ↑ +22%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,563.49 ↑ +22%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,597.40 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,597.40 ↑ +24%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,613.76 ↑ +25%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,997.00 ↑ +43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +46%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +46%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +46%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +46%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,067.43 ↑ +46%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $3,128.78 ↑ +49%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,159.45 ↑ +51%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,220.80 ↑ +54%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,220.80 ↑ +54%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,546.45 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,746.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,245.75 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,809.69 ↑ +225%

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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,097.90 $377.87 – $4,245.75
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,097.90 $781.39 – $4,245.75
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,097.90 $377.87 – $4,245.75
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,097.90 $377.87 – $4,245.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $883.89 $304.29 – $1,347.57

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