Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) 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

$1,265.75

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.

$2,075.00

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.

$196.87 with Amerigroup vs $1,929.75 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $196.87 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $196.87 ↓ -84%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $200.73 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $228.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $228.86 ↓ -82%
United Medicare|All Plans $228.86 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $228.86 ↓ -82%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $228.86 ↓ -82%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $235.73 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $240.30 ↓ -81%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $240.30 ↓ -81%
Medica Commercial|ACO $291.31 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $319.68 ↓ -75%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $359.16 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $435.75 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $440.11 ↓ -65%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $508.07 ↓ -60%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,016.75 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,203.50 ↓ -5%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,494.00 ↑ +18%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,494.00 ↑ +18%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,494.00 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,577.00 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,618.50 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,618.50 ↑ +28%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,722.25 ↑ +36%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,722.25 ↑ +36%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,722.25 ↑ +36%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,722.25 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,909.00 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,929.75 ↑ +52%

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Leg Vein Ultrasound (DVT study, both legs) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,003.86 $755.04 – $1,664.52
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,451.94 $291.31 – $2,938.45
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,117.35 $533.58 – $2,820.32
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,451.94 $291.31 – $2,938.45
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $601.68 $291.31 – $1,072.56
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,404.51 $19.93 – $89.28
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,451.94 $587.69 – $2,938.45
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,236.05 $291.31 – $1,969.30

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