Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$202.81

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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.

$404.00

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.

$32.12 with Banner Health vs $197.96 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 $32.12 ↓ -84%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $32.12 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $32.12 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare Advantage $32.12 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $33.58 ↓ -83%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $35.77 ↓ -82%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $35.77 ↓ -82%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $54.75 ↓ -73%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $65.70 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $69.35 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial $69.57 ↓ -66%
Coventry Workers Comp $70.08 ↓ -65%
First Health Medical Rental $70.08 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $70.08 ↓ -65%
Midlands Choice Commercial $70.08 ↓ -65%
Coventry Commercial $70.08 ↓ -65%
Multiplan Commercial $70.81 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $185.84 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $197.96 ↓ -2%

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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $181.86 $65.50 – $368.05
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $266.90 $20.78 – $95.06
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $181.86 $60.62 – $368.05
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $176.64 $65.50 – $314.88
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $80.51 $20.78 – $93.12
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $181.86 $73.61 – $368.05
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $269.62 $65.50 – $411.06
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $260.78 $65.50 – $415.48

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