Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$836.31

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.

$1,371.00

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.

$287.91 with United vs $1,275.03 with MultiPlan PHCS — 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 $287.91 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $290.79 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $327.28 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $327.28 ↓ -61%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $333.69 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|ACO $335.45 ↓ -60%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -55%
United Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -55%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -55%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -55%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $391.85 ↓ -53%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $399.46 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $399.46 ↓ -52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $404.09 ↓ -52%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $423.15 ↓ -49%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $671.79 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $795.18 ↓ -5%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $844.58 ↑ +1%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,040.52 ↑ +24%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,040.52 ↑ +24%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,040.52 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,041.96 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,069.38 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,069.38 ↑ +28%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,196.60 ↑ +43%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,196.60 ↑ +43%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,196.60 ↑ +43%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,196.60 ↑ +43%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,261.32 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,275.03 ↑ +52%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $715.84 $493.68 – $1,088.34
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $489.30 $209.70 – $990.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,094.80 $275.89 – $1,458.28
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $489.30 $163.10 – $990.25
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $291.18 $151.92 – $519.06
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $932.92 $240.77 – $1,079.04
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $489.30 $198.05 – $990.25
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $824.82 $321.54 – $1,314.12

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