Echo transesophageal at CHI Health Good Samaritan
10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019
$577.06
Cash price 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.
$946.00
Gross charge 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.
$198.66 with United vs $879.78 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $198.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $200.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $261.68 | ↓ -55% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $387.58 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $435.42 | ↓ -25% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $463.54 | ↓ -20% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $548.68 | ↓ -5% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $681.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $681.12 | ↑ +18% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $681.12 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $718.96 | ↑ +25% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $737.88 | ↑ +28% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $737.88 | ↑ +28% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $785.18 | ↑ +36% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $785.18 | ↑ +36% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $785.18 | ↑ +36% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $785.18 | ↑ +36% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $870.32 | ↑ +51% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $879.78 | ↑ +52% |
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Echo transesophageal at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $347.34 | $148.86 – $702.95 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $347.34 | $115.78 – $702.95 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $400.20 | $208.80 – $713.40 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $347.34 | $140.59 – $702.95 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $538.67 | $209.99 – $858.22 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $347.34 | $140.59 – $702.95 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | Lincoln | $418.50 | $192.51 – $669.60 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $347.34 | $132.32 – $702.95 |