Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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

$129.93

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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.

$213.00

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.

$21.59 with Medica vs $198.09 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

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|All Other Plans $21.59 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|ACO $23.42 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $24.26 ↓ -81%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $37.58 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $37.58 ↓ -71%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $38.31 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -66%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -66%
United Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -66%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -66%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $44.73 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $44.99 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $45.18 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $45.86 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $45.86 ↓ -65%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $96.97 ↓ -25%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $104.37 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $123.54 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $161.88 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $166.14 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $166.14 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $195.96 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $198.09 ↑ +52%

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $73.30 $50.16 – $110.58
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $31.50 $13.50 – $63.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $46.75 $11.79 – $62.28
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $31.50 $10.50 – $63.75
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $31.74 $16.56 – $56.58
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $97.94 $25.28 – $113.28
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $31.50 $12.75 – $63.75
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $125.67 $21.59 – $200.22

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