Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$97.02

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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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$231.00

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.

$18.87 with Centene vs $3,259.25 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

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 $18.87 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $18.87 ↓ -81%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $36.63 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $50.11 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Plans $52.17 ↓ -46%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $57.72 ↓ -41%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↓ -40%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↓ -40%
United Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↓ -40%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $57.89 ↓ -40%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $59.05 ↓ -39%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $59.63 ↓ -39%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $60.78 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $60.78 ↓ -37%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $66.60 ↓ -31%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $78.81 ↓ -19%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $83.25 ↓ -14%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $94.35 ↓ -3%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $123.88 ↑ +28%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +2821%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +2821%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +2821%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +3259%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +3259%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +3259%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +3259%

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $97.02 $15.54 – $94.35
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $97.02 $18.87 – $94.35
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $97.02 $17.76 – $94.35
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $38.01 $30.80 – $67.90
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $97.02 $19.98 – $94.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $215.05 $27.42 – $125.44
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $253.15 $28.28 – $126.72
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $73.20 $25.20 – $111.60

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