Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) 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

$516.06

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.

$846.00

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 $786.78 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 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $86.61 ↓ -83%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -83%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -80%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -80%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $100.68 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $103.70 ↓ -80%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $105.71 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $105.71 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|ACO $112.46 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $169.91 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $177.66 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $177.92 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $179.44 ↓ -65%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $223.51 ↓ -57%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $414.54 ↓ -20%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $419.27 ↓ -19%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $419.27 ↓ -19%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $419.27 ↓ -19%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $482.16 ↓ -7%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $482.16 ↓ -7%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $482.16 ↓ -7%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $482.16 ↓ -7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $490.68 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $642.96 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $659.88 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $659.88 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $778.32 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $786.78 ↑ +52%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $754.68 $392.04 – $864.27
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $320.04 $112.46 – $647.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $517.65 $130.45 – $689.51
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $320.04 $106.68 – $647.70
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $196.42 $102.48 – $350.14
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $470.61 $121.46 – $544.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $320.04 $129.54 – $647.70
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $570.53 $112.46 – $908.98

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