Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (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

$5,475.36

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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.

$8,976.00

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.

$611.16 with Medica vs $11,086.30 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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|ACO $611.16 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,884.96 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,903.81 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,563.49 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,563.49 ↓ -53%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,613.76 ↓ -52%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $2,979.99 ↓ -46%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $2,979.99 ↓ -46%
United Medicare|All Plans $2,979.99 ↓ -46%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $2,979.99 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $2,979.99 ↓ -46%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,069.39 ↓ -44%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,128.99 ↓ -43%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,128.99 ↓ -43%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $4,398.24 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $5,206.08 ↓ -5%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,615.58 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|All Plans $6,821.76 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $6,944.00 ↑ +27%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $7,001.28 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $7,001.28 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $8,159.00 ↑ +49%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $8,257.92 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,347.68 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $9,640.26 ↑ +76%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $9,640.26 ↑ +76%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $9,640.26 ↑ +76%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $11,086.30 ↑ +102%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $11,086.30 ↑ +102%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $11,086.30 ↑ +102%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $11,086.30 ↑ +102%

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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $3,813.18 $611.16 – $7,100.05
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,446.30 $616.47 – $3,258.48
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $3,813.18 $611.16 – $7,100.05
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $4,265.12 $611.16 – $7,603.04
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $3,282.65 $616.47 – $2,762.88
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $3,813.18 $1,420.01 – $7,100.05
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $5,295.84 $611.16 – $8,437.44
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $3,813.18 $611.16 – $7,100.05

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