Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$1,923.94

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.

$3,154.00

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.

$247.80 with Medica vs $2,933.22 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $247.80 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $408.14 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $446.57 ↓ -77%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $446.57 ↓ -77%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $455.32 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $458.55 ↓ -76%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $519.12 ↓ -73%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $519.12 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $519.12 ↓ -73%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $519.12 ↓ -73%
United Medicare|All Plans $519.12 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $534.69 ↓ -72%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $545.08 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $545.08 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $662.34 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $668.97 ↓ -65%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,152.45 ↓ -40%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,545.46 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,829.32 ↓ -5%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2,270.88 ↑ +18%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2,270.88 ↑ +18%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2,270.88 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,397.04 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,460.12 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,460.12 ↑ +28%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $2,617.82 ↑ +36%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $2,617.82 ↑ +36%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $2,617.82 ↑ +36%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $2,617.82 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,901.68 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,933.22 ↑ +52%

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,303.01 $853.16 – $1,880.83
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,735.44 $247.80 – $3,230.85
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,735.44 $247.80 – $3,230.85
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,380.00 $247.80 – $2,460.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,206.97 $569.56 – $2,552.64
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CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,805.40 $247.80 – $2,876.40
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