Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp 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

$711.82

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.

$1,338.00

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.

$166.32 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN vs $1,275.11 with Medica — 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
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $166.32 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $166.32 ↓ -77%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $166.32 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $173.88 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $185.22 ↓ -74%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $185.22 ↓ -74%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $283.50 ↓ -60%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $340.20 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $359.10 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $362.88 ↓ -49%
Coventry Workers Comp $362.88 ↓ -49%
Coventry Commercial $362.88 ↓ -49%
First Health Medical Rental $362.88 ↓ -49%
Midlands Choice Commercial $362.88 ↓ -49%
Multiplan Commercial $366.66 ↓ -48%
Medica Medicare Advantage $588.72 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $615.48 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $655.62 ↓ -8%
Medica Commercial $1,275.11 ↑ +79%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $558.15 $162.39 – $850.95
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $539.85 $162.39 – $860.10
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CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $162.39 – $162.39
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