Contact layer >16<= 48 sq in 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

$50.02

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.

$82.00

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.

$17.22 with United vs $76.26 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $17.22 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $17.40 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $20.09 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $21.03 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|ACO $21.04 ↓ -58%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $40.18 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $47.56 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $62.32 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $63.96 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $63.96 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $75.44 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $76.26 ↑ +52%

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Contact layer >16<= 48 sq in at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $36.12 $14.76 – $69.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $62.73 $8.06 – $42.58
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $36.12 $11.48 – $69.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $68.06 $17.57 – $78.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $36.12 $13.94 – $69.70
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $48.38 $18.86 – $77.08
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $36.12 $13.94 – $69.70
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $43.00 $18.86 – $65.60

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