Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device 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

$133.59

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$219.00

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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.

$45.99 with United vs $1,621.00 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $45.99 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $46.45 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $51.91 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $104.99 ↓ -21%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $104.99 ↓ -21%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $107.05 ↓ -20%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $107.31 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $122.04 ↓ -9%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $122.04 ↓ -9%
United Medicare|All Plans $122.04 ↓ -9%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $122.04 ↓ -9%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $122.04 ↓ -9%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $125.70 ↓ -6%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $127.02 ↓ -5%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $128.14 ↓ -4%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $128.14 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|All Plans $166.44 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $170.82 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $170.82 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $201.48 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $203.67 ↑ +52%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $270.93 ↑ +103%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +934%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +1113%

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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $162.26 $134.20 – $295.85
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $145.74 $51.91 – $294.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $181.05 $45.63 – $241.16
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $145.74 $48.58 – $294.95
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $77.74 $40.56 – $138.58
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $140.27 $36.20 – $162.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $145.74 $58.99 – $294.95
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $118.00 $46.00 – $188.00

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