Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single 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

$340.38

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.

$558.00

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.

$117.18 with United vs $3,908.01 with One World — 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 $117.18 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $118.36 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $161.83 ↓ -52%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $161.83 ↓ -52%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $165.01 ↓ -52%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -45%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -45%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $188.13 ↓ -45%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $193.77 ↓ -43%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $197.54 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $197.54 ↓ -42%
Medica Commercial|ACO $204.52 ↓ -40%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $273.42 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $323.64 ↓ -5%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $417.65 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|All Plans $424.08 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $435.24 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $435.24 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $513.36 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $518.94 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +306%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +376%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +898%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +898%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,398.27 ↑ +898%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +1048%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +1048%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +1048%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,908.01 ↑ +1048%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $112.94 $53.24 – $117.37
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $805.98 $90.18 – $425.85
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $298.35 $55.48 – $253.82
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $805.98 $70.14 – $425.85
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $188.60 $98.40 – $336.20
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $345.28 $75.19 – $336.96
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $805.98 $85.17 – $425.85
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $354.00 $138.00 – $564.00

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