Assay of sialic acid at Lasting Hope Recovery Center
415 S. 25th Avenue, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1396969499
$11.76
Cash price 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.
$28.00
Gross charge 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.
$4.76 with Centene vs $56.51 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $4.76 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $4.76 | ↓ -60% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $9.24 | ↓ -21% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $13.03 | ↑ +11% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↑ +14% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $13.71 | ↑ +17% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↑ +18% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $14.11 | ↑ +20% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $14.11 | ↑ +20% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $14.56 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $16.80 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $19.88 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $21.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $23.80 | ↑ +102% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $28.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $28.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $28.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $28.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $28.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $28.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $28.00 | ↑ +138% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $28.76 | ↑ +145% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $56.51 | ↑ +381% |
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Assay of sialic acid at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $11.76 | $3.92 – $29.84 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $11.76 | $4.76 – $28.76 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $11.76 | $4.48 – $29.84 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $11.76 | $5.04 – $29.84 |