Red blood cells 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

$271.45

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.

$445.00

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.

$82.32 with United vs $382.53 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 $82.32 ↓ -70%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $83.15 ↓ -69%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $148.24 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $148.24 ↓ -45%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $151.14 ↓ -44%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $172.31 ↓ -37%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $172.31 ↓ -37%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $172.31 ↓ -37%
United Medicare|All Plans $172.31 ↓ -37%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $172.31 ↓ -37%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $177.48 ↓ -35%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $180.93 ↓ -33%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $180.93 ↓ -33%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $192.08 ↓ -29%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $227.36 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Plans $297.92 ↑ +10%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $305.76 ↑ +13%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $305.76 ↑ +13%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $360.64 ↑ +33%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $364.56 ↑ +34%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $382.53 ↑ +41%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $167.29 $129.36 – $285.18
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $334.32 $142.92 – $674.90
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $927.35 $129.17 – $682.72
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $334.32 $111.16 – $674.90
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $189.98 $79.44 – $271.42
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $468.95 $121.03 – $542.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $334.32 $134.98 – $674.90
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $300.90 $113.62 – $464.36

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