Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) 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

$907.68

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.

$1,488.00

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.

$84.78 with Medica vs $3,908.01 with One World — 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 $84.78 ↓ -91%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $95.34 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $96.30 ↓ -89%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $222.46 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $240.42 ↓ -74%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $240.42 ↓ -74%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $245.14 ↓ -73%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $263.32 ↓ -71%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $279.48 ↓ -69%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $279.48 ↓ -69%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $279.48 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $279.48 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $279.48 ↓ -69%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $287.86 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $293.45 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $293.45 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Plans $345.04 ↓ -62%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $354.12 ↓ -61%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $354.12 ↓ -61%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $417.68 ↓ -54%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $422.22 ↓ -53%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $620.45 ↓ -32%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +79%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +274%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +274%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +274%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +331%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +331%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +331%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +331%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $651.17 $92.40 – $203.70
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $748.02 $81.90 – $386.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $705.50 $25.49 – $116.62
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $748.02 $63.70 – $386.75
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $177.10 $84.78 – $315.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $718.78 $25.49 – $114.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $748.02 $77.35 – $386.75
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $877.92 $84.78 – $448.38

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