Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device 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

$162.26

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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$305.00

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.

$134.20 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $295.85 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $134.20 ↓ -17%
Medica Medicare Advantage $134.20 ↓ -17%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $134.20 ↓ -17%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $134.20 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $140.30 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $140.30 ↓ -14%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $149.45 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $149.45 ↓ -8%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $149.45 ↓ -8%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $228.75 ↑ +41%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $274.50 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $289.75 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial $290.67 ↑ +79%
Coventry Commercial $292.80 ↑ +80%
Midlands Choice Commercial $292.80 ↑ +80%
First Health Medical Rental $292.80 ↑ +80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $292.80 ↑ +80%
Coventry Workers Comp $292.80 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $295.85 ↑ +82%

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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $145.74 $51.91 – $294.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $181.05 $45.63 – $241.16
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $145.74 $48.58 – $294.95
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $77.74 $40.56 – $138.58
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $140.27 $36.20 – $162.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $145.74 $58.99 – $294.95
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $133.59 $45.99 – $203.67
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $118.00 $46.00 – $188.00

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