Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx 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

$2,050.21

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.

$3,361.00

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.

$572.42 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 $572.42 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $705.81 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $712.87 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $725.10 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $725.10 ↓ -65%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $739.32 ↓ -64%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $842.91 ↓ -59%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $842.91 ↓ -59%
United Medicare|All Plans $842.91 ↓ -59%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $842.91 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $842.91 ↓ -59%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $868.20 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $885.06 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $885.06 ↓ -57%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,646.89 ↓ -20%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,871.26 ↓ -9%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,949.38 ↓ -5%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +0%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,554.36 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,621.58 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,621.58 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,092.12 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,125.73 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +66%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +66%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +66%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +91%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +91%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +91%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +91%

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Asp pq spinal cord cyst/syrinx at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,270.92 $544.68 – $2,572.10
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,270.92 $423.64 – $2,572.10
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,270.92 $514.42 – $2,572.10
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,270.92 $514.42 – $2,572.10
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $1,270.92 $484.16 – $2,572.10
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $572.42 – $572.42
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island not published $572.42 – $572.42
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln not published $572.42 – $572.42

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