Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$269.62

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.

$442.00

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.

$55.06 with Medica vs $411.06 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $55.06 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $71.71 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $71.71 ↓ -73%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.11 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $81.52 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -69%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -69%
United Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -69%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -69%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $85.37 ↓ -68%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $85.86 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $87.53 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $87.53 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $92.82 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $93.75 ↓ -65%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $185.06 ↓ -31%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $216.58 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $256.36 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $335.92 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $344.76 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $344.76 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $406.64 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $411.06 ↑ +52%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $303.21 $209.44 – $461.72
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $271.32 $55.06 – $368.90
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $314.50 $79.26 – $418.92
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $271.32 $55.06 – $368.90
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $241.96 $55.06 – $431.32
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $291.33 $75.19 – $336.96
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $271.32 $73.78 – $368.90
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $316.83 $55.06 – $399.50

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