CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) 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

$1,307.26

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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.

$2,049.00

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.

$901.56 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $1,987.53 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

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

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 $901.56 ↓ -31%
Medica Medicare Advantage $901.56 ↓ -31%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $901.56 ↓ -31%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $901.56 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $942.54 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $942.54 ↓ -28%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $1,004.01 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $1,004.01 ↓ -23%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,004.01 ↓ -23%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $1,536.75 ↑ +18%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,844.10 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $1,946.55 ↑ +49%
Medica Commercial $1,952.70 ↑ +49%
Coventry Commercial $1,967.04 ↑ +50%
Midlands Choice Commercial $1,967.04 ↑ +50%
First Health Medical Rental $1,967.04 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $1,967.04 ↑ +50%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,967.04 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Commercial $1,987.53 ↑ +52%

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CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,039.92 $219.85 – $2,104.60
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,983.50 $751.85 – $3,974.03
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,039.92 $219.85 – $2,104.60
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,015.68 $219.85 – $1,810.56
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,775.52 $716.29 – $3,210.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,039.92 $420.92 – $2,104.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,859.89 $219.85 – $2,835.57
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,840.80 $219.85 – $2,932.80

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