Cdna analysis for variants 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

$186.05

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.

$305.00

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.

$64.05 with United vs $411.14 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 $64.05 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $64.70 ↓ -65%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $149.45 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $176.90 ↓ -5%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $179.46 ↓ -4%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $179.46 ↓ -4%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $182.98 ↓ -2%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -0%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -0%
United Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -0%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -0%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $185.20 ↓ -0%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $190.76 ↑ +3%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $194.46 ↑ +5%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $194.46 ↑ +5%
United Commercial|All Plans $231.80 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $237.90 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $237.90 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $280.60 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $283.65 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|ACO $305.00 ↑ +64%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $380.77 ↑ +105%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $398.74 ↑ +114%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $411.14 ↑ +121%

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Cdna analysis for variants at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $454.73 $271.48 – $598.49
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $687.54 $179.46 – $1,391.45
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,145.80 $185.20 – $1,321.04
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $687.54 $179.46 – $1,391.45
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $687.54 $179.46 – $1,391.45
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $309.75 $120.75 – $493.50
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $687.54 $179.46 – $1,391.45
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $1,132.32 $185.20 – $1,321.04

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