Bundled special stain group 2 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

$162.39

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.

$259.00

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.

$73.22 with United Healthcare vs $251.23 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
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $73.22 ↓ -55%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $113.96 ↓ -30%
Medica Medicare Advantage $113.96 ↓ -30%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $113.96 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $113.96 ↓ -30%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $126.91 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $126.91 ↓ -22%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $126.91 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $128.90 ↓ -21%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $194.25 ↑ +20%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $233.10 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $246.05 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial $246.83 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $248.64 ↑ +53%
Midlands Choice Commercial $248.64 ↑ +53%
First Health Medical Rental $248.64 ↑ +53%
Coventry Workers Comp $248.64 ↑ +53%
Coventry Commercial $248.64 ↑ +53%
Multiplan Commercial $251.23 ↑ +55%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $154.14 $66.06 – $311.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $206.55 $52.06 – $275.13
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $154.14 $51.38 – $311.95
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $38.18 $18.79 – $68.06
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $56.44 $14.57 – $65.28
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $154.14 $62.39 – $311.95
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $76.86 $26.46 – $126.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $151.04 $58.88 – $256.00

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