Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff 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

$3,194.57

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.

$5,237.00

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.

$377.94 with Medica vs $8,159.00 with Medica — 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 $377.94 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,099.77 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,110.77 ↓ -65%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $2,566.13 ↓ -20%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,874.26 ↓ -10%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,874.26 ↓ -10%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,930.62 ↓ -8%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $3,037.46 ↓ -5%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,341.24 ↑ +5%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,341.24 ↑ +5%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $3,341.24 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,341.24 ↑ +5%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,341.24 ↑ +5%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,441.48 ↑ +8%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,508.30 ↑ +10%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,508.30 ↑ +10%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,636.59 ↑ +14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,636.59 ↑ +14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,636.59 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|All Plans $3,980.12 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $4,084.86 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $4,084.86 ↑ +28%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $4,182.08 ↑ +31%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $4,182.08 ↑ +31%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $4,182.08 ↑ +31%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $4,182.08 ↑ +31%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $4,818.04 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,870.41 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $6,944.00 ↑ +117%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $7,417.55 ↑ +132%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $8,159.00 ↑ +155%

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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,059.68 $377.94 – $3,460.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,973.70 $497.38 – $2,628.97
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,059.68 $377.94 – $3,460.35
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,771.92 $377.94 – $3,158.64
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,927.26 $497.38 – $2,229.12
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,059.68 $692.07 – $3,460.35
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $3,089.83 $377.94 – $4,922.78
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,059.68 $377.94 – $3,460.35

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