Drainage external ear simple 69000 at CHI Health Midlands

11111 S 84th Street, Papillion, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1215006101

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$304.92

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.

$726.00

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.

$130.68 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
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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 $130.68 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $130.68 ↓ -57%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $203.28 ↓ -33%
Medica Commercial|ACO $238.48 ↓ -22%
United Commercial|All Plans $341.22 ↑ +12%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $377.52 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $377.52 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $435.60 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $515.46 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $544.50 ↑ +79%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $573.04 ↑ +88%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $573.04 ↑ +88%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $584.27 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $617.10 ↑ +102%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +125%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +125%
United Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +125%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +125%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $685.69 ↑ +125%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $699.40 ↑ +129%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $701.00 ↑ +130%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $706.26 ↑ +132%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $719.97 ↑ +136%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $719.97 ↑ +136%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,422.00 ↑ +366%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,522.23 ↑ +399%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,938.00 ↑ +536%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +829%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +829%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,834.13 ↑ +829%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +969%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +969%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +969%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,259.25 ↑ +969%

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Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $204.17 $110.44 – $243.47
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $447.10 $52.06 – $275.13
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $304.92 $101.64 – $617.10
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $436.58 $58.05 – $260.16
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $304.92 $123.42 – $617.10
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $340.99 $117.39 – $519.87
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $329.81 $128.57 – $525.46
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $304.92 $123.42 – $617.10

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