Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance 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

$1,306.59

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.

$2,456.00

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.

$216.04 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN vs $2,340.57 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 $216.04 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $216.04 ↓ -83%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $216.04 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $225.86 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $240.59 ↓ -82%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $240.59 ↓ -82%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $368.25 ↓ -72%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $441.90 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $466.45 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $471.36 ↓ -64%
Coventry Workers Comp $471.36 ↓ -64%
Coventry Commercial $471.36 ↓ -64%
First Health Medical Rental $471.36 ↓ -64%
Midlands Choice Commercial $471.36 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Commercial $476.27 ↓ -64%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,080.64 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $1,129.76 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $1,203.44 ↓ -8%
Medica Commercial $2,340.57 ↑ +79%

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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid cervical/thoracic needle placement w/guidance at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,098.30 $204.90 – $2,222.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,531.70 $105.82 – $559.31
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,098.30 $204.90 – $2,222.75
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,291.48 $105.82 – $474.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,098.30 $444.55 – $2,222.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,557.33 $204.90 – $2,374.29
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $880.87 $204.90 – $1,403.42
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,098.30 $204.90 – $2,222.75

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