Brace wrist classic lft sm at CHI Health Good Samaritan
10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019
$25.03
Cash price 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.
$41.03
Gross charge 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.
$7.13 with United vs $137.53 with Medica — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $7.13 | ↓ -72% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $7.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $16.64 | ↓ -34% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $19.70 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $25.81 | ↑ +3% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $26.49 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $26.49 | ↑ +6% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $31.24 | ↑ +25% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $31.58 | ↑ +26% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $33.95 | ↑ +36% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $34.63 | ↑ +38% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.63 | ↑ +38% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.31 | ↑ +41% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $131.34 | ↑ +425% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $137.53 | ↑ +449% |
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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $68.88 | $6.12 – $35.31 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $78.26 | $4.92 – $25.99 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $68.88 | $4.76 – $35.31 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $18.88 | $8.15 – $35.31 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $34.06 | $7.28 – $32.60 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $68.88 | $5.78 – $28.86 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $24.21 | $7.81 – $35.31 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $68.88 | $5.78 – $35.31 |