Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at Lasting Hope Recovery Center

415 S. 25th Avenue, Omaha, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1396969499

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$451.08

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.

$1,074.00

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.

$182.58 with Centene vs $1,122.60 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $182.58 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $182.58 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $354.42 ↓ -21%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $454.09 ↑ +1%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↑ +16%
United Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↑ +16%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↑ +16%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $524.58 ↑ +16%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $535.07 ↑ +19%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $540.32 ↑ +20%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $550.81 ↑ +22%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $550.81 ↑ +22%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $558.48 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $644.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $762.54 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $805.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $912.90 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,011.63 ↑ +124%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,074.00 ↑ +138%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,074.00 ↑ +138%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,074.00 ↑ +138%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,074.00 ↑ +138%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,074.00 ↑ +138%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,074.00 ↑ +138%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,074.00 ↑ +138%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,122.60 ↑ +149%

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $451.08 $150.36 – $1,074.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $451.08 $182.58 – $1,074.00
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $451.08 $171.84 – $1,074.00
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $451.08 $193.32 – $1,074.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $940.10 $236.91 – $1,252.22
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $764.33 $263.13 – $1,253.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $724.52 $282.44 – $1,228.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $620.50 $285.43 – $1,241.00

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