Cidofovir injection 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

$87.54

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.

$143.50

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.

$30.14 with United vs $1,355.92 with Medica — 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 $30.14 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $30.44 ↓ -65%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $70.32 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $83.23 ↓ -5%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $107.63 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Plans $109.06 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $111.93 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $111.93 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $132.02 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $133.46 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $143.50 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $143.50 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $143.50 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $143.50 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $143.50 ↑ +64%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $143.50 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $143.50 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $143.50 ↑ +64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $143.50 ↑ +64%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $146.37 ↑ +67%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $146.37 ↑ +67%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $149.24 ↑ +70%
United Medicare|All Plans $285.08 ↑ +226%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $501.20 ↑ +473%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $501.20 ↑ +473%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $501.20 ↑ +473%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $501.20 ↑ +473%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $516.24 ↑ +490%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $526.26 ↑ +501%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $526.26 ↑ +501%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,112.66 ↑ +1171%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,294.83 ↑ +1379%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,355.92 ↑ +1449%

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CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,506.73 $312.80 – $1,477.09
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