Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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

$274.50

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.

$450.00

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.

$94.50 with United vs $418.50 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 $94.50 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $95.45 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $143.64 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $143.64 ↓ -48%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $146.45 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|ACO $211.03 ↓ -23%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $220.50 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $261.00 ↓ -5%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $305.34 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $319.74 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Plans $342.00 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $351.00 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $351.00 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $414.00 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $418.50 ↑ +52%

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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $339.39 $190.96 – $420.98
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $128.10 $54.90 – $305.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $261.80 $65.98 – $348.72
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $128.10 $42.70 – $305.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $357.73 $92.33 – $413.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $128.10 $51.85 – $259.25
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $292.05 $82.11 – $335.58
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $128.10 $51.85 – $305.00

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