Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$44.92

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.

$73.63

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.

$15.47 with United vs $179.93 with Medica — 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 $15.47 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $15.62 ↓ -65%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $36.08 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $42.71 ↓ -5%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $55.22 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Plans $55.96 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $57.44 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $57.44 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $67.74 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $68.48 ↑ +52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $73.63 ↑ +64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $73.63 ↑ +64%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $73.63 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $73.63 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $73.63 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $73.63 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $73.63 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $73.63 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $73.63 ↑ +64%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $171.82 ↑ +283%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $179.93 ↑ +301%

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Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $154.62 $50.37 – $237.83
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $312.92 $59.94 – $316.79
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $154.62 $39.18 – $237.83
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $33.87 $17.68 – $66.27
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $61.11 $15.78 – $70.69
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $154.62 $47.57 – $237.83
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $43.44 $16.94 – $73.63
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $154.62 $47.57 – $237.83

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