MRA pelvis at CHI Health Good Samaritan
10 East 31st Street, Kearney, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336184019
$1,584.78
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.
$2,598.00
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.
$498.35 with Medica vs $2,407.60 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $498.35 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $523.95 | ↓ -67% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $529.19 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $677.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $708.94 | ↓ -55% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,222.55 | ↓ -23% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,447.10 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,896.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,946.10 | ↑ +23% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,946.10 | ↑ +23% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,093.57 | ↑ +32% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,093.57 | ↑ +32% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,093.57 | ↑ +32% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,295.40 | ↑ +45% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,320.35 | ↑ +46% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $2,407.60 | ↑ +52% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $2,407.60 | ↑ +52% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $2,407.60 | ↑ +52% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $2,407.60 | ↑ +52% |
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MRA pelvis at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $2,269.77 | $955.24 – $2,105.87 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $1,010.94 | $321.30 – $1,642.61 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $3,248.70 | $623.76 – $3,296.97 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $1,010.94 | $249.90 – $1,642.61 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $1,010.94 | $303.45 – $1,642.61 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $1,504.50 | $498.35 – $2,511.37 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $1,010.94 | $303.45 – $1,642.61 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | Lincoln | $1,202.50 | $243.34 – $2,359.00 |