Fluoroguide needle placement 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

$991.86

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.

$1,626.00

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.

$169.20 with Medica vs $1,512.18 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 $169.20 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $223.67 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $234.22 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $341.46 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $344.88 ↓ -65%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $431.28 ↓ -57%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $431.28 ↓ -57%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $431.28 ↓ -57%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $495.98 ↓ -50%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $495.98 ↓ -50%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $495.98 ↓ -50%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $495.98 ↓ -50%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $796.74 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $943.08 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,235.76 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,268.28 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,268.28 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,495.92 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,512.18 ↑ +52%

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $484.65 $297.00 – $654.75
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $538.44 $169.20 – $1,089.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $959.65 $235.20 – $1,243.16
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $538.44 $169.20 – $1,089.70
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $139.38 $72.72 – $248.46
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $979.40 $243.12 – $1,089.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $538.44 $212.80 – $1,089.70
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,036.04 $169.20 – $1,650.64

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