Perit-vens shunt pat tst 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

$561.81

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.

$921.00

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.

$193.41 with United vs $921.00 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 $193.41 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $195.35 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $327.28 ↓ -42%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $327.28 ↓ -42%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $333.69 ↓ -41%
Medica Commercial|ACO $378.13 ↓ -33%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -32%
United Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -32%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -32%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $380.44 ↓ -32%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $391.85 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $399.46 ↓ -29%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $399.46 ↓ -29%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $451.29 ↓ -20%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $469.92 ↓ -16%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $492.09 ↓ -12%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $534.18 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $699.96 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $718.38 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $718.38 ↑ +28%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $844.58 ↑ +50%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $847.32 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $856.53 ↑ +52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $921.00 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $921.00 ↑ +64%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $921.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $921.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $921.00 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $921.00 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $921.00 ↑ +64%

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Perit-vens shunt pat tst at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $530.04 $227.16 – $1,132.17
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $925.65 $233.27 – $1,232.97
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $530.04 $176.68 – $1,132.17
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $530.04 $214.54 – $1,132.17
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $533.36 $207.92 – $904.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $530.04 $214.54 – $1,132.17
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $914.76 $664.29 – $1,474.73
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $530.04 $201.92 – $1,132.17

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