Benign lesion paring 4+ 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

$287.92

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.

$472.00

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.

$55.21 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 $55.21 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $99.12 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $100.12 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $161.83 ↓ -44%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $161.83 ↓ -44%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $165.01 ↓ -43%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -35%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -35%
United Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -35%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -35%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $193.77 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $197.54 ↓ -31%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $197.54 ↓ -31%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $231.28 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $273.76 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $358.72 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $368.16 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $368.16 ↑ +28%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $417.65 ↑ +45%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $434.24 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $438.96 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +380%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +463%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +1080%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +1080%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +1080%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +1257%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +1257%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +1257%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +1257%

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Benign lesion paring 4+ at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $196.14 $55.21 – $396.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $220.15 $55.48 – $293.24
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $196.14 $55.21 – $396.95
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $223.27 $57.62 – $258.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $196.14 $79.39 – $396.95
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $278.48 $55.21 – $443.68
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $196.14 $55.21 – $396.95
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $298.50 $55.21 – $477.60

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