Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance 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

$404.85

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.

$761.00

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.

$73.04 with Banner Health vs $248.43 with United Healthcare — 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
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $73.04 ↓ -82%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $73.04 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $73.04 ↓ -82%
Medica Medicare Advantage $73.04 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $76.36 ↓ -81%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $81.34 ↓ -80%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $81.34 ↓ -80%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $124.50 ↓ -69%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $149.40 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $157.70 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial $158.20 ↓ -61%
Coventry Workers Comp $159.36 ↓ -61%
First Health Medical Rental $159.36 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $159.36 ↓ -61%
Midlands Choice Commercial $159.36 ↓ -61%
Coventry Commercial $159.36 ↓ -61%
Multiplan Commercial $161.02 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $233.22 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $248.43 ↓ -39%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $217.14 $67.45 – $439.45
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $289.85 $31.71 – $145.04
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $217.14 $67.45 – $439.45
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $786.84 $31.71 – $142.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $217.14 $87.89 – $439.45
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $247.66 $67.45 – $377.58
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $239.54 $67.45 – $381.64
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $217.14 $67.45 – $439.45

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