Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$105.53

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.

$173.00

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.

$9.07 with Amerigroup vs $160.89 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $9.07 ↓ -91%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $9.07 ↓ -91%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $9.25 ↓ -91%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -91%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -91%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -91%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -91%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $9.64 ↓ -91%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $9.83 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $9.83 ↓ -91%
Medica Commercial|ACO $18.29 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $19.24 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $20.15 ↓ -81%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $20.78 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $36.33 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $36.70 ↓ -65%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $60.64 ↓ -43%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $60.64 ↓ -43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $60.64 ↓ -43%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $69.74 ↓ -34%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $69.74 ↓ -34%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $69.74 ↓ -34%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $69.74 ↓ -34%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $84.77 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $100.34 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $131.48 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $134.94 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $134.94 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $159.16 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $160.89 ↑ +52%

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $17.46 $12.76 – $28.13
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $91.98 $9.07 – $186.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $128.35 $9.36 – $147.98
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $91.98 $9.07 – $186.15
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $73.04 $9.36 – $84.48
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $91.98 $9.07 – $186.15
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $97.35 $9.07 – $155.10
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $91.98 $9.07 – $186.15

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