Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$877.38

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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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$2,089.00

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.

$355.13 with Centene vs $1,775.65 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

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 $355.13 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $355.13 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $689.16 ↓ -21%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $689.37 ↓ -21%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $796.12 ↓ -9%
United Medicare|All Plans $796.12 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $796.12 ↓ -9%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $796.12 ↓ -9%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $796.12 ↓ -9%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $812.04 ↓ -7%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $820.00 ↓ -7%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $835.93 ↓ -5%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $835.93 ↓ -5%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,086.28 ↑ +24%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,229.53 ↑ +40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,229.53 ↑ +40%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,229.53 ↑ +40%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $1,253.40 ↑ +43%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,413.96 ↑ +61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,413.96 ↑ +61%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,413.96 ↑ +61%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,413.96 ↑ +61%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,483.19 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,566.75 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,566.75 ↑ +79%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,703.70 ↑ +94%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,775.65 ↑ +102%

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $877.38 $292.46 – $1,775.65
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $877.38 $355.13 – $1,775.65
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $877.38 $334.24 – $1,775.65
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,011.98 $439.28 – $1,565.58
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $877.38 $376.02 – $1,775.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,216.35 $306.53 – $1,620.18
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $916.83 $315.63 – $1,503.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $657.26 $256.22 – $1,114.00

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