Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) 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

$795.44

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.

$1,304.00

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.

$265.44 with United 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.

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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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $265.44 ↓ -67%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $268.10 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $564.03 ↓ -29%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $564.03 ↓ -29%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $575.09 ↓ -28%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $619.36 ↓ -22%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $655.66 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Plans $655.66 ↓ -18%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $655.66 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $655.66 ↓ -18%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $655.66 ↓ -18%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $675.33 ↓ -15%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $688.44 ↓ -13%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $688.44 ↓ -13%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $733.12 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|All Plans $960.64 ↑ +21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $985.92 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $985.92 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,162.88 ↑ +46%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,175.52 ↑ +48%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,455.57 ↑ +83%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,708.00 ↑ +115%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +158%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +204%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +327%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +327%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +327%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +391%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +391%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +391%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +391%

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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $490.56 $210.24 – $992.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $403.75 $101.75 – $537.80
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $490.56 $163.52 – $992.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $490.56 $198.56 – $992.80
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $490.56 $198.56 – $992.80
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $565.00 $259.90 – $904.00
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $399.00 $289.75 – $643.25
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $490.56 $186.88 – $992.80

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