Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$624.64

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.

$1,024.00

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.

$215.04 with United vs $1,023.82 with AMPS — 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 $215.04 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $217.20 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $396.72 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $396.72 ↓ -36%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $404.50 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $461.18 ↓ -26%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $461.18 ↓ -26%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $461.18 ↓ -26%
United Medicare|All Plans $461.18 ↓ -26%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $461.18 ↓ -26%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $475.02 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $484.24 ↓ -22%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $484.24 ↓ -22%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $501.76 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $593.92 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $778.24 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $798.72 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $798.72 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $942.08 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $952.32 ↑ +52%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,023.82 ↑ +64%

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $415.94 $321.64 – $709.07
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $500.22 $213.66 – $1,008.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,613.30 $406.56 – $2,148.92
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $500.22 $166.18 – $1,008.95
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $633.88 $244.80 – $836.40
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $913.83 $235.84 – $1,056.96
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $500.22 $201.79 – $1,008.95
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $640.74 $249.78 – $1,020.84

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