Close lac/mouth vest/2.5 cm or < 40830 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

$292.80

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.

$480.00

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.

$100.80 with United vs $13,841.56 with One World — 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 $100.80 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $101.81 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $189.14 ↓ -35%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $189.14 ↓ -35%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $192.85 ↓ -34%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $219.86 ↓ -25%
United Medicare|All Plans $219.86 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $219.86 ↓ -25%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $219.86 ↓ -25%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $219.86 ↓ -25%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $226.46 ↓ -23%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $230.85 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $230.85 ↓ -21%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $235.20 ↓ -20%
Medica Commercial|ACO $277.10 ↓ -5%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $278.40 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $364.80 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $374.40 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $374.40 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $441.60 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $446.40 ↑ +52%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $488.09 ↑ +67%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +372%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +454%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $12,036.14 ↑ +4011%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $12,036.14 ↑ +4011%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $12,036.14 ↑ +4011%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $13,841.56 ↑ +4627%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $13,841.56 ↑ +4627%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $13,841.56 ↑ +4627%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $13,841.56 ↑ +4627%

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Close lac/mouth vest/2.5 cm or < 40830 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $158.20 $154.00 – $339.50
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $464.52 $199.08 – $940.10
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $565.25 $113.75 – $520.38
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $464.52 $154.84 – $940.10
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $551.95 $126.60 – $567.36
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $464.52 $188.02 – $940.10
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $283.20 $110.40 – $451.20
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $464.52 $188.02 – $940.10

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