Gastro/jejuno tube, std at CHI Health Good Samaritan
10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019
$242.53
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.
$397.59
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.
$7.39 with United vs $71.44 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.
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 | $7.39 | ↓ -97% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $7.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $17.23 | ↓ -93% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $20.39 | ↓ -92% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $25.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $25.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $25.31 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $26.72 | ↓ -89% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $27.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $27.42 | ↓ -89% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $29.18 | ↓ -88% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $29.18 | ↓ -88% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $29.18 | ↓ -88% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $29.18 | ↓ -88% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $32.34 | ↓ -87% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $32.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $35.15 | ↓ -86% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $35.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.86 | ↓ -85% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $68.22 | ↓ -72% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $71.44 | ↓ -71% |
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Gastro/jejuno tube, std at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $166.99 | $6.33 – $36.56 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $337.96 | $7.53 – $39.80 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $166.99 | $4.93 – $36.56 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $182.90 | $8.44 – $36.56 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $330.00 | $7.53 – $33.75 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $166.99 | $5.98 – $29.88 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $234.58 | $8.09 – $36.56 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $166.99 | $5.98 – $36.56 |