Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening 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

$35.99

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.

$59.00

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.

$12.39 with United vs $59.00 with Millard Public Schools — 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 $12.39 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $12.52 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $19.64 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $19.64 ↓ -45%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $20.02 ↓ -44%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -44%
United Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -44%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -44%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $20.26 ↓ -44%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $20.87 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $21.27 ↓ -41%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $21.27 ↓ -41%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $28.91 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $34.22 ↓ -5%
Medica Commercial|ACO $39.10 ↑ +9%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $41.65 ↑ +16%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $43.62 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|All Plans $44.84 ↑ +25%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $44.98 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $46.02 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $46.02 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $54.28 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $54.87 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $59.00 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $59.00 ↑ +64%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $59.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $59.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $59.00 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $59.00 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $59.00 ↑ +64%

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $34.46 $26.84 – $59.17
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $68.04 $19.64 – $137.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $130.05 $10.07 – $46.06
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $68.04 $19.64 – $137.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $41.50 $10.71 – $48.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $68.04 $19.64 – $137.70
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $40.71 $15.87 – $69.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $68.04 $19.64 – $137.70

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