Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination 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

$327.57

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.

$537.00

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.

$112.77 with United vs $1,716.99 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 $112.77 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $113.90 ↓ -65%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $263.13 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $311.46 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $408.12 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $418.86 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $418.86 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $494.04 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $499.41 ↑ +52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $537.00 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $537.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $537.00 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $537.00 ↑ +64%
Medica Commercial|ACO $537.00 ↑ +64%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $537.00 ↑ +64%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $537.00 ↑ +64%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $537.00 ↑ +64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $665.34 ↑ +103%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $665.34 ↑ +103%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $678.38 ↑ +107%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $773.42 ↑ +136%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $773.42 ↑ +136%
United Medicare|All Plans $773.42 ↑ +136%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $773.42 ↑ +136%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $773.42 ↑ +136%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $796.62 ↑ +143%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $812.09 ↑ +148%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $812.09 ↑ +148%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $842.22 ↑ +157%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $881.95 ↑ +169%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,716.99 ↑ +424%

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Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,011.98 $386.79 – $1,565.58
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $318.78 $136.62 – $759.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $590.75 $148.87 – $786.88
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $318.78 $106.26 – $759.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $201.48 $63.43 – $359.16
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $205.84 $53.13 – $238.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $318.78 $129.03 – $759.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $404.74 $157.78 – $686.00

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