Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) 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

$1,748.88

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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.

$4,164.00

Gross charge

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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.

$290.86 with Amerigroup vs $3,539.40 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $290.86 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $290.86 ↓ -83%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $296.57 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -80%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -80%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -80%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $348.04 ↓ -80%
Todays Options Medicare|All Plans $355.00 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $358.48 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $365.44 ↓ -79%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $365.44 ↓ -79%
Medica Commercial|ACO $419.31 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $644.72 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $675.14 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $702.48 ↓ -60%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $749.52 ↓ -57%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $749.52 ↓ -57%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $772.65 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Plans $869.78 ↓ -50%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,165.92 ↓ -33%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,210.22 ↓ -31%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,210.22 ↓ -31%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,210.22 ↓ -31%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,391.76 ↓ -20%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,391.76 ↓ -20%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,391.76 ↓ -20%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,391.76 ↓ -20%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,165.28 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,165.28 ↑ +24%
QuikTrip Commercial|All Plans $2,498.40 ↑ +43%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,956.44 ↑ +69%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,123.00 ↑ +79%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,539.40 ↑ +102%

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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,716.04 $1,145.76 – $2,525.88
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $4,323.10 $1,089.43 – $5,758.37
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,748.88 $419.31 – $3,539.40
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $4,142.53 $1,069.08 – $4,791.36
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,748.88 $707.88 – $3,539.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,075.83 $419.31 – $3,164.79
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $2,709.28 $419.31 – $4,316.48
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,748.88 $419.31 – $3,539.40

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