Deep muscle biopsy 20205 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

$1,748.46

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.

$4,163.00

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.

$707.71 with Centene vs $9,248.33 with Timpte — 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 $707.71 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $707.71 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,373.79 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,956.61 ↑ +12%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,164.76 ↑ +24%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,414.49 ↑ +38%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,497.80 ↑ +43%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $2,789.24 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,789.24 ↑ +60%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $2,789.24 ↑ +60%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $2,789.24 ↑ +60%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,789.24 ↑ +60%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $2,845.02 ↑ +63%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $2,872.92 ↑ +64%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $2,928.70 ↑ +68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,928.70 ↑ +68%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,955.73 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,122.25 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,538.55 ↑ +102%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $5,885.30 ↑ +237%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +360%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +360%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $8,042.03 ↑ +360%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +429%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +429%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +429%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $9,248.33 ↑ +429%

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Deep muscle biopsy 20205 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,748.46 $279.43 – $3,538.55
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,748.46 $279.43 – $3,538.55
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $1,748.46 $279.43 – $3,538.55
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,748.46 $279.43 – $3,538.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $719.10 $181.22 – $957.85
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $702.18 $181.22 – $812.16
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $710.64 $516.06 – $1,145.66
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $279.43 – $279.43

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