US Health Care Costs

Chi Health Nebraska Heart

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

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.0Mnet income, all sources
1.5%margin on patient care alone
$580,083cost of charity care (0.7% of costs)
$1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
59beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 274243$80,770$20,756
Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR) 26793$112,891$31,271
Heart failure, with major complications 29160$20,302$8,160
Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR), with major complications 26641$135,336$42,541
Coronary Bypass Without Cardiac Catheterization with Mcc 23540$132,110$39,250
Heart stent 32236$76,350$12,082
Coronary Bypass Without Cardiac Catheterization Without Mcc 23623$119,408$26,163
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Cc 24322$39,000$13,911
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30922$12,026$4,722
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Cardiac Catheterization 21921$169,218$51,123
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Mcc 22919$101,013$20,165
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28619$45,098$13,601
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures Without Cardiac Catheterization 22017$148,404$35,725
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32117$82,898$19,623
Extracranial Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 03916$29,626$7,776
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation Without Mcc 23415$156,090$34,099
Extracranial Procedures with Cc 03814$38,760$10,312
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Mcc 23313$202,304$58,011
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Mcc 27013$111,455$37,574
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Mcc 24212$68,637$20,737
Heart attack, with major complications 28012$35,712$9,251
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