CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: CHI Health Good Samaritan

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$444

about 4.1× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $133–$743

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$650

Above the fair price

about $206 over the fair price · 6.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $444 This hospital $650 Cash price $1,390 Hospital's list price $2,278

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other NE hospitals

Highest price of the 9 NE hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $86 Priciest $650

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NE hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a CT scan, sinuses is about $444 (about 4.1× the $107 Medicare rate). CHI Health Good Samaritan charges insurers about $650, or about $1,390 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Kearney, NE.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $444. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$101 - $1,731	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$101	95%
Humanamajor	$101	95%
Ambetter (Centene)	$87 - $483	81%
Amerigroup	$87 - $106	81%
Medica	$101 - $1,777	95%
Molina	$88	82%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$101 - $1,321

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 1,390), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 70486.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm CHI Health Good Samaritan is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70486.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at CHI Health Good Samaritan

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.