Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$190.46

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.

$358.00

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.

$157.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $347.26 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $157.52 ↓ -17%
Medica Medicare Advantage $157.52 ↓ -17%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $157.52 ↓ -17%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $157.52 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $164.68 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $164.68 ↓ -14%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $175.42 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $175.42 ↓ -8%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $175.42 ↓ -8%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $268.50 ↑ +41%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $322.20 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $340.10 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial $341.17 ↑ +79%
Coventry Commercial $343.68 ↑ +80%
Midlands Choice Commercial $343.68 ↑ +80%
First Health Medical Rental $343.68 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $343.68 ↑ +80%
Coventry Workers Comp $343.68 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $347.26 ↑ +82%

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