Artery x-rays spine 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

$3,273.26

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.

$5,366.00

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.

$255.38 with Medica vs $11,361.98 with AMPS — 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $255.38 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $465.40 ↓ -86%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $487.35 ↓ -85%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $862.64 ↓ -74%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $862.64 ↓ -74%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $862.64 ↓ -74%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $992.04 ↓ -70%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $992.04 ↓ -70%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $992.04 ↓ -70%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $992.04 ↓ -70%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,126.86 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,138.13 ↓ -65%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $2,629.34 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $3,112.28 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,078.16 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $4,185.48 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $4,185.48 ↑ +28%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $4,402.70 ↑ +35%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4,402.70 ↑ +35%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4,489.02 ↑ +37%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $4,936.72 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,990.38 ↑ +52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,118.01 ↑ +56%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5,118.01 ↑ +56%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,118.01 ↑ +56%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $5,118.01 ↑ +56%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5,118.01 ↑ +56%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5,271.55 ↑ +61%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5,373.91 ↑ +64%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5,373.91 ↑ +64%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $11,361.98 ↑ +247%

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Artery x-rays spine at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,147.88 $255.38 – $3,775.70
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,147.88 $255.38 – $3,775.70
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,147.88 $432.57 – $3,775.70
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $2,931.12 $255.38 – $4,669.92
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,147.88 $255.38 – $3,775.70
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $2,604.00 $255.38 – $4,166.40
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $2,147.88 $255.38 – $3,775.70

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