Radiation treatment delivery 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

$1,456.07

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.

$2,387.00

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.

$214.18 with Centene vs $2,219.91 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $214.18 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $214.18 ↓ -85%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $218.38 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $248.98 ↓ -83%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $248.98 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $248.98 ↓ -83%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $248.98 ↓ -83%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $248.98 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $256.45 ↓ -82%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $261.43 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $261.43 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|ACO $433.61 ↓ -70%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $447.55 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $468.67 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $501.27 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $506.29 ↓ -65%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $552.74 ↓ -62%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,169.63 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,384.46 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,814.12 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,861.86 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,861.86 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,196.04 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,219.91 ↑ +52%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $797.58 $307.80 – $1,453.50
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $797.58 $239.40 – $1,453.50
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CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,422.49 $433.61 – $2,266.34
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $797.58 $290.70 – $1,453.50
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,026.00 $433.61 – $1,641.60
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $797.58 $273.60 – $1,453.50

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