St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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

$297.68

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.

$488.00

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.

$88.93 with Amerigroup vs $453.84 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $88.93 ↓ -70%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $88.93 ↓ -70%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $90.68 ↓ -70%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $102.48 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $103.51 ↓ -65%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $158.57 ↓ -47%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $158.57 ↓ -47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $158.57 ↓ -47%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $182.36 ↓ -39%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $182.36 ↓ -39%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $182.36 ↓ -39%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $182.36 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $192.72 ↓ -35%
Medica Commercial|ACO $215.46 ↓ -28%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $216.50 ↓ -27%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $239.12 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $283.04 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $370.88 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $380.64 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $380.64 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $448.96 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $453.84 ↑ +52%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $322.62 $167.20 – $368.60
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $191.94 $82.26 – $388.45
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,023.40 $68.98 – $364.57
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $191.94 $63.98 – $388.45
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $82.34 $42.96 – $146.78
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $269.75 $69.62 – $312.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $191.94 $77.69 – $388.45
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $287.92 $88.93 – $458.72

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