Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$67.72

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.

$108.00

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.

$47.52 with Medica vs $104.76 with Multiplan — 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 Medicare Advantage $47.52 ↓ -30%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $47.52 ↓ -30%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $47.52 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $47.52 ↓ -30%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $52.92 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $52.92 ↓ -22%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $52.92 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $53.43 ↓ -21%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $81.00 ↑ +20%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $97.20 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $100.22 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $102.60 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial $102.92 ↑ +52%
Coventry Workers Comp $103.68 ↑ +53%
First Health Medical Rental $103.68 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $103.68 ↑ +53%
Midlands Choice Commercial $103.68 ↑ +53%
Coventry Commercial $103.68 ↑ +53%
Multiplan Commercial $104.76 ↑ +55%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $102.90 $44.10 – $245.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $140.25 $35.35 – $186.82
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $102.90 $34.30 – $245.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $33.58 $17.52 – $59.86
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $66.40 $17.14 – $76.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $102.90 $41.65 – $245.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $61.61 $21.21 – $101.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $132.75 $51.75 – $225.00

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