MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at CHI Health Good Samaritan
10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019
$699.67
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.
$1,147.00
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.
$240.87 with United vs $1,147.00 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.
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 | $240.87 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $243.28 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $489.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $562.03 | ↓ -20% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $665.26 | ↓ -5% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $668.78 | ↓ -4% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $700.33 | ↑ +0% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $871.72 | ↑ +25% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $894.66 | ↑ +28% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $894.66 | ↑ +28% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,055.24 | ↑ +51% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,066.71 | ↑ +52% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,147.00 | ↑ +64% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,147.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,147.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,147.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,147.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,147.00 | ↑ +64% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,147.00 | ↑ +64% |
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MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $3,168.06 | $1,333.64 – $2,940.07 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $801.78 | $192.60 – $1,070.00 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $4,182.85 | $552.64 – $2,921.08 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $801.78 | $149.80 – $1,070.00 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $801.78 | $181.90 – $1,070.00 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $1,194.16 | $465.52 – $2,024.00 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $801.78 | $181.90 – $1,070.00 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | Lincoln | $954.50 | $244.03 – $2,359.00 |