J-tube placement at CHI Health Good Samaritan
10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019
$336.11
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.
$551.00
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.
$115.71 with United vs $13,841.56 with One World — 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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| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $115.71 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $116.87 | ↓ -65% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $166.85 | ↓ -50% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $166.85 | ↓ -50% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $170.12 | ↓ -49% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $252.19 | ↓ -25% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $269.99 | ↓ -20% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $319.58 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $418.76 | ↑ +25% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $429.78 | ↑ +28% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $429.78 | ↑ +28% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $506.92 | ↑ +51% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $512.43 | ↑ +52% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $2,143.00 | ↑ +538% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,517.00 | ↑ +649% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,036.14 | ↑ +3481% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,036.14 | ↑ +3481% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,036.14 | ↑ +3481% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $13,841.56 | ↑ +4018% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $13,841.56 | ↑ +4018% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $13,841.56 | ↑ +4018% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $13,841.56 | ↑ +4018% |
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J-tube placement at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $295.59 | $115.23 – $470.94 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | not published | $166.85 – $252.19 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | not published | $166.85 – $252.19 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | not published | $166.85 – $252.19 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | not published | $166.85 – $166.85 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | not published | $166.85 – $252.19 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | Lincoln | not published | $166.85 – $252.19 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | not published | $166.85 – $252.19 |