Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes 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

$48.19

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.

$79.00

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.

$16.59 with United vs $79.00 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 $16.59 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $16.76 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $23.91 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $23.91 ↓ -50%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $24.38 ↓ -49%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $38.71 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $45.82 ↓ -5%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $55.98 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|All Plans $60.04 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $61.62 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $61.62 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|ACO $62.22 ↑ +29%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $62.89 ↑ +31%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $72.68 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $73.47 ↑ +52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $79.00 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $79.00 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $79.00 ↑ +64%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $79.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $79.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $79.00 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $79.00 ↑ +64%

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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $53.98 $37.40 – $82.45
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $39.90 $17.10 – $158.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $243.95 $13.71 – $72.47
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $39.90 $13.30 – $158.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $36.80 $19.20 – $65.60
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $59.76 $15.43 – $69.12
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $39.90 $16.15 – $95.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $46.61 $18.17 – $79.00

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