Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance at CHI Health Good Samaritan
10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019
$1,808.04
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.
$2,964.00
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.
$96.71 with Medica vs $3,908.01 with Timpte — 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $96.71 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $622.44 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $628.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,381.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,452.36 | ↓ -20% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,621.00 | ↓ -10% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,719.12 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $2,252.64 | ↑ +25% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,311.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,311.92 | ↑ +28% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,726.88 | ↑ +51% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,756.52 | ↑ +52% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,398.27 | ↑ +88% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,398.27 | ↑ +88% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,398.27 | ↑ +88% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,908.01 | ↑ +116% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,908.01 | ↑ +116% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,908.01 | ↑ +116% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,908.01 | ↑ +116% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $1,429.48 | $104.28 – $788.04 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $429.66 | $96.71 – $869.55 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $761.60 | $55.05 – $290.98 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $429.66 | $96.71 – $869.55 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $1,172.79 | $55.05 – $246.72 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $429.66 | $173.91 – $869.55 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $1,748.76 | $96.71 – $2,786.16 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $429.66 | $96.71 – $869.55 |