Embolization s&i 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

$2,817.59

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.

$4,619.00

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.

$969.99 with United vs $4,295.67 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 $969.99 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $979.69 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,708.43 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,842.42 ↓ -35%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,929.35 ↓ -32%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $2,263.31 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,679.02 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $3,510.44 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,602.82 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $3,602.82 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $4,249.48 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,295.67 ↑ +52%

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Embolization s&i at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,807.70 $1,035.00 – $4,887.50
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $3,707.70 $934.35 – $4,938.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,807.70 $805.00 – $4,887.50
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,555.26 $811.44 – $2,772.42
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,807.70 $977.50 – $4,887.50
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $2,523.43 $983.71 – $4,020.38
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,807.70 $977.50 – $4,887.50
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $2,138.50 $983.71 – $3,421.60

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