Hemoglobin 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

$29.89

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.

$49.00

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.

$2.29 with Amerigroup vs $45.57 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 $2.29 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2.29 ↓ -92%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2.34 ↓ -92%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $2.37 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $2.44 ↓ -92%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $2.49 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2.49 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial|ACO $4.41 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $4.87 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $5.10 ↓ -83%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $5.26 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $10.29 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $10.40 ↓ -65%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $23.80 ↓ -20%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $23.80 ↓ -20%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $23.80 ↓ -20%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $24.01 ↓ -20%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $27.37 ↓ -8%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $27.37 ↓ -8%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $27.37 ↓ -8%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $27.37 ↓ -8%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $28.42 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $37.24 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $38.22 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $38.22 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $45.08 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $45.57 ↑ +52%

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Hemoglobin at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $36.12 $3.52 – $7.76
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $29.40 $2.29 – $56.10
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $40.80 $1.50 – $6.86
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $29.40 $2.29 – $56.10
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $15.64 $2.29 – $27.88
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $35.69 $1.50 – $6.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $29.40 $2.29 – $56.10
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $29.50 $2.29 – $47.00

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