Nerve conduction studies 5-6 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

$533.75

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$875.00

Gross charge

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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.

$106.76 with Medica vs $813.75 with MultiPlan PHCS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Medica Commercial|ACO $106.76 ↓ -80%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $183.75 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $185.59 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $231.21 ↓ -57%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $253.62 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $253.62 ↓ -52%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $258.60 ↓ -52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $259.76 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $294.83 ↓ -45%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $294.83 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $294.83 ↓ -45%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $294.83 ↓ -45%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $294.83 ↓ -45%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $303.67 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $309.57 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $309.57 ↓ -42%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $428.75 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $507.50 ↓ -5%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $654.52 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Plans $665.00 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $682.50 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $682.50 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $805.00 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $813.75 ↑ +52%

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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $552.30 $106.76 – $1,117.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $338.30 $83.97 – $443.83
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $552.30 $106.76 – $1,117.75
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $817.55 $83.97 – $376.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $552.30 $223.55 – $1,117.75
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $361.67 $106.76 – $576.22
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $552.30 $106.76 – $1,117.75
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $334.32 $239.12 – $530.85

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