IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 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

$117.73

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.

$193.00

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.

$35.12 with Medica vs $179.49 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
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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 $35.12 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $37.58 ↓ -68%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $37.58 ↓ -68%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $38.31 ↓ -67%
Medica Commercial|ACO $39.06 ↓ -67%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $39.45 ↓ -66%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $40.53 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $40.94 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -63%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -63%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -63%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $43.68 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $44.99 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $45.86 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $45.86 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $94.57 ↓ -20%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $96.97 ↓ -18%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $111.94 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $146.68 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $150.54 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $150.54 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $177.56 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $179.49 ↑ +52%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis each additional 1 hour at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $78.45 $53.68 – $118.34
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $26.88 $11.52 – $54.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $46.75 $11.79 – $62.28
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $26.88 $8.96 – $54.40
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $44.62 $23.28 – $79.54
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $118.69 $30.64 – $137.28
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $26.88 $10.88 – $54.40
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $113.87 $35.12 – $181.42

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