Echo guide cardiocentesis 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

$197.40

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.

$470.00

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.

$79.90 with Centene vs $399.50 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
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $79.90 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $79.90 ↓ -60%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $155.10 ↓ -21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $244.40 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $282.00 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $333.70 ↑ +69%
United Commercial|All Plans $352.50 ↑ +79%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $352.50 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $399.50 ↑ +102%

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Echo guide cardiocentesis at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $197.40 $65.80 – $399.50
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $197.40 $79.90 – $399.50
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $197.40 $75.20 – $399.50
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $197.40 $84.60 – $399.50
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $159.16 $83.04 – $283.72
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $173.00 $79.58 – $276.80

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