Chi Health Nebraska Heart

7500 South 91St St, Lincoln, NE 68526 · (402) 328-3000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Chi Health Nebraska Heart billed $3.88 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

See all 34 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 3.9x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 34; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NE: #4; lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars: 4/5; shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 19.6/35

Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 20.1/25

Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.6/30

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.5/10

Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure	Patients	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay	243	$80,770	$20,756	-35%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	223	$23,087	$2,896	-9%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	145	$83,533	$21,023	-37%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit	104	$28,249	$9,453	-45%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit	94	$54,154	$9,816	-20%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay	93	$112,891	$31,271	-40%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	60	$20,302	$8,160	-53%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit	47	$90,909	$29,290	-39%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit	46	$29,815	$5,015	-14%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay	41	$135,336	$42,541	-44%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$18,069	$2,788	-5%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	$23,087	$2,896	-9%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	$9,203	$1,448	-9%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit	$29,815	$5,015	-14%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit	$54,154	$9,816	-20%
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications) MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay	$76,350	$12,082	-25%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit	$69,373	$15,627	-27%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit	$27,012	$7,586	-29%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications) MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay	$12,026	$4,722	-61%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay	$39,000	$13,911	-58%
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit	$19,152	$6,669	-57%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	$20,302	$8,160	-53%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay	$68,637	$20,737	-51%
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay	$111,455	$37,574	-50%
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization MS-DRG 219 · Inpatient stay	$169,218	$51,123	-50%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay	$45,098	$13,601	-49%

What this page cannot tell you

It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.

Lower markups near Lincoln

A
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B
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B
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4.3x · Lincoln, NE

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The record

CMS provider number: 280128
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency department: No
Setting: Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.