Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

$402.60

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.

$660.00

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.

$138.60 with United 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $138.60 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $139.99 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $166.11 ↓ -59%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $323.40 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $382.80 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $501.60 ↑ +25%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $503.54 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $503.54 ↑ +25%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $513.42 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $514.80 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $514.80 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $585.36 ↑ +45%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $585.36 ↑ +45%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $585.36 ↑ +45%
United Medicare|All Plans $585.36 ↑ +45%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $585.36 ↑ +45%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $602.92 ↑ +50%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $607.20 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $613.80 ↑ +52%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $614.63 ↑ +53%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $614.63 ↑ +53%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,299.50 ↑ +223%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +411%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +500%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +744%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +744%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +744%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +871%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +871%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +871%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +871%

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $152.58 $82.28 – $181.39
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $435.96 $28.62 – $135.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $666.40 $146.30 – $773.30
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $435.96 $22.26 – $135.15
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $758.54 $166.11 – $1,352.18
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $656.53 $146.30 – $655.68
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $435.96 $27.03 – $135.15
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $421.26 $164.22 – $671.16

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