Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 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

$221.54

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.

$408.00

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.

$179.52 with Medica vs $395.76 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
Medica Medicare Advantage $179.52 ↓ -19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $179.52 ↓ -19%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $179.52 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $179.52 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $187.68 ↓ -15%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $199.92 ↓ -10%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $199.92 ↓ -10%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $306.00 ↑ +38%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $367.20 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $387.60 ↑ +75%
Medica Commercial $388.82 ↑ +76%
Coventry Commercial $391.68 ↑ +77%
Midlands Choice Commercial $391.68 ↑ +77%
First Health Medical Rental $391.68 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $391.68 ↑ +77%
Coventry Workers Comp $391.68 ↑ +77%
Multiplan Commercial $395.76 ↑ +79%

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $369.60 $158.40 – $748.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $746.30 $157.01 – $718.34
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $369.60 $123.20 – $748.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $728.74 $168.15 – $753.60
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $369.60 $149.60 – $748.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $501.42 $172.62 – $764.46
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $605.93 $236.21 – $965.38
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $369.60 $149.60 – $748.00

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