Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$126.27

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.

$207.00

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.

$9.09 with United vs $3,908.01 with Timpte — 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 Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -93%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -93%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -93%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $9.09 ↓ -93%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $9.54 ↓ -92%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $9.54 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|ACO $16.40 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $17.62 ↓ -86%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $18.45 ↓ -85%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $20.18 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $43.47 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $43.91 ↓ -65%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $101.43 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $120.06 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $157.32 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $161.46 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $161.46 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $190.44 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $192.51 ↑ +52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +2591%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +2591%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +2591%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +2995%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +2995%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +2995%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +2995%

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $48.32 $9.09 – $71.78
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $87.78 $9.09 – $177.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $127.50 $9.09 – $147.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $87.78 $9.09 – $177.65
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $94.30 $3.30 – $168.10
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $150.23 $9.09 – $173.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $87.78 $9.09 – $177.65
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $122.13 $9.09 – $194.58

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