Cath 2lum 14.5frx43cm maxid kt mahurkar 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

$375.15

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.

$615.00

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.

$40.93 with United vs $181.24 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 $40.93 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $41.34 ↓ -89%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $95.50 ↓ -75%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $113.04 ↓ -70%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $140.32 ↓ -63%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $140.32 ↓ -63%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $140.32 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|All Plans $148.11 ↓ -61%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $152.01 ↓ -59%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $152.01 ↓ -59%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $161.76 ↓ -57%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $161.76 ↓ -57%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $161.76 ↓ -57%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $161.76 ↓ -57%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $179.29 ↓ -52%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $181.24 ↓ -52%

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Cath 2lum 14.5frx43cm maxid kt mahurkar at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,050.46 $137.72 – $303.61
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $453.56 $23.58 – $111.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $535.50 $41.75 – $220.65
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $453.56 $18.34 – $111.35
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $496.76 $46.78 – $159.81
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $490.41 $41.75 – $187.09
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $453.56 $22.27 – $111.35
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $739.27 $44.83 – $183.19

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