Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (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

$2,031.18

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.

$3,818.00

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.

$224.40 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN vs $2,425.39 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 $224.40 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $224.40 ↓ -89%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $224.40 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $234.60 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $249.90 ↓ -88%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $249.90 ↓ -88%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $382.50 ↓ -81%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $459.00 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $484.50 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $489.60 ↓ -76%
Coventry Workers Comp $489.60 ↓ -76%
Coventry Commercial $489.60 ↓ -76%
First Health Medical Rental $489.60 ↓ -76%
Midlands Choice Commercial $489.60 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Commercial $494.70 ↓ -76%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,119.80 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $1,170.70 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $1,247.05 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial $2,425.39 ↑ +19%

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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,243.20 $212.60 – $2,314.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,404.20 $151.23 – $799.34
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,243.20 $212.60 – $2,314.55
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $487.14 $212.60 – $868.38
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,108.05 $151.23 – $677.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,243.20 $462.91 – $2,314.55
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,468.88 $212.60 – $2,239.44
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,420.72 $212.60 – $2,263.52

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