Acyclovir 5 mg/ml in ns IV syringe (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$4.54

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.

$7.43

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.

$0.04 with BCBS - NE vs $0.26 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
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $0.04 ↓ -99%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $0.05 ↓ -99%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $0.06 ↓ -99%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $0.06 ↓ -99%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $0.10 ↓ -98%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $0.10 ↓ -98%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $0.10 ↓ -98%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $0.10 ↓ -98%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $0.11 ↓ -98%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $0.11 ↓ -98%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $0.11 ↓ -98%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $0.11 ↓ -98%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $0.11 ↓ -98%
Medica Commercial|ACO $0.13 ↓ -97%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $0.14 ↓ -97%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $0.16 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|All Plans $0.21 ↓ -95%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $0.22 ↓ -95%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $0.22 ↓ -95%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $0.25 ↓ -94%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $0.26 ↓ -94%

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Acyclovir 5 mg/ml in ns IV syringe (neo/ped) - cnr at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $41.79 $0.04 – $84.58
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $84.58 $21.32 – $112.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $41.79 $0.04 – $84.58
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $3.42 $0.04 – $0.23
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $6.17 $0.06 – $0.26
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $41.79 $0.05 – $84.58
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $4.39 $0.04 – $0.26
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $41.79 $0.04 – $84.58

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