Doppler echo complete 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

$456.29

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.

$679.00

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.

$298.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $658.63 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 $298.76 ↓ -35%
Medica Medicare Advantage $298.76 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $298.76 ↓ -35%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $298.76 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $312.34 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $312.34 ↓ -32%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $332.71 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $332.71 ↓ -27%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $332.71 ↓ -27%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $509.25 ↑ +12%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $611.10 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $645.05 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial $647.09 ↑ +42%
Coventry Commercial $651.84 ↑ +43%
Midlands Choice Commercial $651.84 ↑ +43%
First Health Medical Rental $651.84 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $651.84 ↑ +43%
Coventry Workers Comp $651.84 ↑ +43%
Multiplan Commercial $658.63 ↑ +44%

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Doppler echo complete at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $354.90 $62.64 – $718.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $315.35 $79.47 – $420.05
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $354.90 $62.64 – $718.25
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $261.74 $62.64 – $466.58
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $366.86 $94.68 – $424.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $354.90 $143.65 – $718.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $378.20 $62.64 – $576.60
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $370.52 $62.64 – $590.32

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