Levetiracetam therapeutic drug level 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

$23.18

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.

$38.00

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.

$7.98 with United vs $38.00 with Millard Public Schools — 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $7.98 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $8.06 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $12.84 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $12.84 ↓ -45%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $13.09 ↓ -44%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -43%
United Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -43%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -43%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $13.25 ↓ -43%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $13.65 ↓ -41%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $13.91 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $13.91 ↓ -40%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $18.62 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $22.04 ↓ -5%
Medica Commercial|ACO $25.22 ↑ +9%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $27.24 ↑ +18%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $28.53 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Plans $28.88 ↑ +25%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $29.41 ↑ +27%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $29.64 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $29.64 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $34.96 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $35.34 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $38.00 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $38.00 ↑ +64%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $38.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $38.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $38.00 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $38.00 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $38.00 ↑ +64%

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Levetiracetam therapeutic drug level at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $38.62 $27.72 – $61.11
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $91.14 $12.84 – $184.45
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $178.50 $13.25 – $205.80
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $91.14 $12.84 – $184.45
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $72.68 $12.84 – $129.56
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $170.15 $13.25 – $196.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $91.14 $12.84 – $184.45
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $146.32 $12.84 – $233.12

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