Resuscitation delivery/birthing room 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

$745.42

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.

$1,222.00

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.

$244.88 with Medica vs $1,375.40 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
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $244.88 ↓ -67%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $256.62 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $259.19 ↓ -65%
Medica Commercial|ACO $273.76 ↓ -63%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $275.13 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $532.97 ↓ -29%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $532.97 ↓ -29%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $543.42 ↓ -27%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $598.78 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $619.55 ↓ -17%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $619.55 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $619.55 ↓ -17%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $619.55 ↓ -17%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $619.55 ↓ -17%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $638.14 ↓ -14%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $650.53 ↓ -13%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $650.53 ↓ -13%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $708.76 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $928.72 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $953.16 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $953.16 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,124.24 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,136.46 ↑ +52%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,375.40 ↑ +85%

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Resuscitation delivery/birthing room at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $687.83 $434.28 – $957.39
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $456.12 $107.82 – $509.15
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $456.12 $83.86 – $509.15
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $877.31 $226.41 – $1,014.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $456.12 $101.83 – $509.15
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $720.98 $244.88 – $1,148.68
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $456.12 $101.83 – $509.15
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $603.00 $244.88 – $964.80

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