Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at CHI Health Good Samaritan

10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019

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

$1,666.52

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.

$2,732.00

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.

$86.61 with Amerigroup vs $2,540.76 with MultiPlan PHCS — 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 $86.61 ↓ -95%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $86.61 ↓ -95%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -95%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -94%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -94%
United Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -94%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -94%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $103.70 ↓ -94%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $105.71 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $105.71 ↓ -94%
Medica Commercial|ACO $159.12 ↓ -90%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $223.51 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $273.78 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $286.69 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $573.72 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $579.46 ↓ -65%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $602.01 ↓ -64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $602.01 ↓ -64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $602.01 ↓ -64%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $692.32 ↓ -58%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $692.32 ↓ -58%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $692.32 ↓ -58%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $692.32 ↓ -58%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,338.68 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,584.56 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,076.32 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,130.96 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,130.96 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,513.44 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,540.76 ↑ +52%

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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $869.59 $599.72 – $1,322.11
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $943.32 $159.12 – $1,909.10
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,769.30 $697.87 – $3,688.71
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $943.32 $159.12 – $1,909.10
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,123.32 $159.12 – $2,002.44
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,151.36 $555.21 – $2,488.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $943.32 $294.19 – $1,909.10
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,654.36 $159.12 – $2,635.76

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