Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$2,486.40

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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.

$3,700.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,628.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $3,589.00 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 $1,628.00 ↓ -35%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,628.00 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $1,628.00 ↓ -35%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1,628.00 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $1,702.00 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,702.00 ↓ -32%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $1,813.00 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $1,813.00 ↓ -27%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,813.00 ↓ -27%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $2,775.00 ↑ +12%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $3,330.00 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $3,515.00 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial $3,526.10 ↑ +42%
Coventry Commercial $3,552.00 ↑ +43%
Midlands Choice Commercial $3,552.00 ↑ +43%
First Health Medical Rental $3,552.00 ↑ +43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $3,552.00 ↑ +43%
Coventry Workers Comp $3,552.00 ↑ +43%
Multiplan Commercial $3,589.00 ↑ +44%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,659.00 $228.60 – $1,079.50
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $3,479.90 $825.32 – $4,362.37
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,659.00 $177.80 – $1,079.50
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $561.20 $292.80 – $1,000.40
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,454.31 $633.39 – $2,838.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,659.00 $215.90 – $1,079.50
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,168.55 $746.55 – $3,306.15
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $2,229.61 $869.17 – $3,552.26

All Nebraska hospitals for this procedure →