Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm 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

$373.93

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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.

$613.00

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.

$40.95 with Medica vs $839.76 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

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 $40.95 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|ACO $45.49 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $128.73 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $130.02 ↓ -65%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $300.37 ↓ -20%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $325.40 ↓ -13%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $325.40 ↓ -13%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $331.78 ↓ -11%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $355.54 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $378.27 ↑ +1%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $378.27 ↑ +1%
United Medicare|All Plans $378.27 ↑ +1%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $378.27 ↑ +1%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $378.27 ↑ +1%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $389.62 ↑ +4%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $397.18 ↑ +6%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $397.18 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|All Plans $465.88 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $478.14 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $478.14 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $563.96 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $570.09 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $698.01 ↑ +87%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $839.76 ↑ +125%

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $189.42 $40.95 – $383.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $380.80 $95.97 – $507.23
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $189.42 $40.95 – $383.35
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $845.77 $90.83 – $407.04
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $189.42 $76.67 – $383.35
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $376.42 $40.95 – $599.72
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $189.42 $40.95 – $383.35
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $227.50 $40.95 – $364.00

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