MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast 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

$801.78

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,909.00

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.

$181.90 with Centene vs $1,070.00 with Timpte — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $181.90 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $181.90 ↓ -77%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $353.10 ↓ -56%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $556.40 ↓ -31%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $642.00 ↓ -20%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $759.70 ↓ -5%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $802.50 ↑ +0%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $909.50 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,010.46 ↑ +26%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,070.00 ↑ +33%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,070.00 ↑ +33%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,070.00 ↑ +33%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,070.00 ↑ +33%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,070.00 ↑ +33%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,070.00 ↑ +33%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,070.00 ↑ +33%

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MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $801.78 $149.80 – $1,070.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $801.78 $181.90 – $1,070.00
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $801.78 $171.20 – $1,070.00
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $3,168.06 $1,333.64 – $2,940.07
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $801.78 $192.60 – $1,070.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $4,182.85 $552.64 – $2,921.08
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $699.67 $240.87 – $1,147.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,194.16 $465.52 – $2,024.00

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