Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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

$436.15

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.

$715.00

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.

$68.38 with Medica vs $3,908.01 with One World — 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 $68.38 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $150.15 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $151.66 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $198.08 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $198.08 ↓ -55%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $201.97 ↓ -54%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $230.27 ↓ -47%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $230.27 ↓ -47%
United Medicare|All Plans $230.27 ↓ -47%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $230.27 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $230.27 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $237.18 ↓ -46%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $241.78 ↓ -45%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $241.78 ↓ -45%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $350.35 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $414.70 ↓ -5%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $511.20 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|All Plans $543.40 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $557.70 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $557.70 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $657.80 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $664.95 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +217%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +272%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +679%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +679%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +679%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +796%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +796%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +796%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +796%

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Ghs change cysto/gastrost at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $227.22 $34.20 – $221.81
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $561.00 $78.19 – $366.30
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $227.22 $26.60 – $221.81
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $547.80 $86.97 – $389.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $227.22 $32.30 – $161.50
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $421.85 $68.38 – $672.10
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $227.22 $32.30 – $221.81
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $285.00 $68.38 – $456.00

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