Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 at Ogallala Community Hospital

2601 N Spruce Street, Ogallala, NE · Banner Health · · NPI 1710915467

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 12, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$526.15

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.

$989.00

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.

$289.96 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $639.23 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $289.96 ↓ -45%
Medica Medicare Advantage $289.96 ↓ -45%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $289.96 ↓ -45%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $289.96 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $303.14 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $303.14 ↓ -42%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $322.91 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $322.91 ↓ -39%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $322.91 ↓ -39%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $494.25 ↓ -6%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $593.10 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $626.05 ↑ +19%
Medica Commercial $628.03 ↑ +19%
Coventry Commercial $632.64 ↑ +20%
Midlands Choice Commercial $632.64 ↑ +20%
First Health Medical Rental $632.64 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $632.64 ↑ +20%
Coventry Workers Comp $632.64 ↑ +20%
Multiplan Commercial $639.23 ↑ +21%

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Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $280.56 $86.63 – $567.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $359.55 $90.61 – $478.93
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $280.56 $86.63 – $567.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $280.56 $113.56 – $567.80
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $371.49 $86.63 – $566.37
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $342.79 $86.63 – $546.14
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $280.56 $86.63 – $567.80
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $298.00 $86.63 – $476.80

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