Chest CT scan (with contrast) 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

$2,241.14

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.

$3,674.00

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.

$144.98 with Amerigroup vs $3,416.82 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $144.98 ↓ -94%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $144.98 ↓ -94%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $147.83 ↓ -93%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $168.55 ↓ -92%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $168.55 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $168.55 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $168.55 ↓ -92%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $168.55 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $173.61 ↓ -92%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $176.98 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $176.98 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|ACO $219.85 ↓ -90%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $332.95 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $348.66 ↓ -84%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $374.18 ↓ -83%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $771.54 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $779.26 ↓ -65%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,116.49 ↓ -50%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,116.49 ↓ -50%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,116.49 ↓ -50%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,283.97 ↓ -43%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,283.97 ↓ -43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,283.97 ↓ -43%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,283.97 ↓ -43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,800.26 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,130.92 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,792.24 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,865.72 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,865.72 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,380.08 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,416.82 ↑ +52%

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Chest CT scan (with contrast) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,211.56 $835.56 – $1,842.03
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,110.06 $219.85 – $2,246.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $3,036.20 $765.13 – $4,044.22
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,110.06 $219.85 – $2,246.55
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,303.64 $219.85 – $2,323.88
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,543.95 $656.53 – $2,942.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,110.06 $449.31 – $2,246.55
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $2,211.91 $219.85 – $3,524.06

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