X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) 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

$387.35

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.

$635.00

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.

$60.10 with Medica vs $590.55 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $60.10 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $71.71 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $71.71 ↓ -81%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.11 ↓ -81%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $77.80 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $81.47 ↓ -79%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -78%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -78%
PACE Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -78%
United Medicare|All Plans $83.36 ↓ -78%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $85.86 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $87.53 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $87.53 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $133.35 ↓ -66%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $134.69 ↓ -65%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $162.04 ↓ -58%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $162.04 ↓ -58%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $162.04 ↓ -58%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $185.06 ↓ -52%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $186.34 ↓ -52%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $186.34 ↓ -52%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $186.34 ↓ -52%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $186.34 ↓ -52%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $311.15 ↓ -20%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $368.30 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|All Plans $482.60 ↑ +25%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $495.30 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $495.30 ↑ +28%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $584.20 ↑ +51%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $590.55 ↑ +52%

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X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $275.71 $168.96 – $372.48
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $264.18 $60.10 – $534.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $382.50 $15.64 – $82.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $264.18 $60.10 – $534.65
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $138.92 $60.10 – $247.64
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $327.02 $22.92 – $102.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $264.18 $86.05 – $534.65
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $405.33 $60.10 – $645.78

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