Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 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

$447.34

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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.

$733.33

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.

$154.00 with United vs $719.66 with AMPS — 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 $154.00 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $155.54 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $324.17 ↓ -28%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $324.17 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $324.17 ↓ -28%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $324.17 ↓ -28%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $324.17 ↓ -28%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $333.90 ↓ -25%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $340.38 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $340.38 ↓ -24%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $359.34 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $425.34 ↓ -5%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $528.00 ↑ +18%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $528.00 ↑ +18%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $528.00 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|All Plans $557.34 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $572.00 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $572.00 ↑ +28%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $608.67 ↑ +36%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $608.67 ↑ +36%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $608.67 ↑ +36%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $608.67 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $674.67 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $682.00 ↑ +52%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $719.66 ↑ +61%

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Brachy src nonstrand hdr ir-192 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $346.50 $148.50 – $701.25
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $346.50 $115.50 – $701.25
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $257.60 $134.40 – $459.20
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $464.80 $119.96 – $537.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $346.50 $140.25 – $701.25
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $459.61 $179.17 – $732.26
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $346.50 $140.25 – $701.25
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $280.00 $128.80 – $448.00

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