Pt evaluation high complexity patient/family 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

$200.08

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.

$328.00

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.

$68.88 with United vs $305.04 with MultiPlan PHCS — 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 $68.88 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $69.57 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $74.80 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $74.80 ↓ -63%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $76.26 ↓ -62%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $158.57 ↓ -21%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $158.57 ↓ -21%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $158.57 ↓ -21%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $160.72 ↓ -20%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $176.57 ↓ -12%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $182.36 ↓ -9%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $182.36 ↓ -9%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $182.36 ↓ -9%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $182.36 ↓ -9%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $190.24 ↓ -5%
Medica Commercial|ACO $196.90 ↓ -2%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $198.36 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|All Plans $249.28 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $255.84 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $255.84 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $301.76 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $305.04 ↑ +52%

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Pt evaluation high complexity patient/family at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $164.01 $115.28 – $254.14
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $107.10 $45.90 – $216.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $180.20 $21.64 – $114.36
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $107.10 $35.70 – $216.75
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $105.80 $55.20 – $188.60
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $205.84 $53.13 – $238.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $107.10 $43.35 – $216.75
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $107.97 $42.09 – $183.00

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