CT guidance for needle placement 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

$957.39

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.

$1,358.00

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.

$597.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $1,317.26 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 $597.52 ↓ -38%
Medica Medicare Advantage $597.52 ↓ -38%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $597.52 ↓ -38%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $597.52 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $624.68 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $624.68 ↓ -35%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $665.42 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $665.42 ↓ -30%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $665.42 ↓ -30%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $1,018.50 ↑ +6%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,222.20 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $1,290.10 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial $1,294.17 ↑ +35%
Coventry Commercial $1,303.68 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial $1,303.68 ↑ +36%
First Health Medical Rental $1,303.68 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $1,303.68 ↑ +36%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,303.68 ↑ +36%
Multiplan Commercial $1,317.26 ↑ +38%

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CT guidance for needle placement at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $898.80 $133.27 – $1,819.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,269.50 $565.71 – $2,990.15
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $898.80 $133.27 – $1,819.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $946.68 $133.27 – $1,687.56
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $898.80 $218.60 – $1,819.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,822.07 $133.27 – $2,155.74
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,576.48 $133.27 – $2,265.40
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $898.80 $133.27 – $1,819.00

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