Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral 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

$903.87

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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.

$1,699.00

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.

$200.20 with TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN vs $1,619.15 with Medica — 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
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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 $200.20 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $200.20 ↓ -78%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $200.20 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $209.30 ↓ -77%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $222.95 ↓ -75%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $222.95 ↓ -75%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $341.25 ↓ -62%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $409.50 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $432.25 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $436.80 ↓ -52%
Coventry Workers Comp $436.80 ↓ -52%
Coventry Commercial $436.80 ↓ -52%
First Health Medical Rental $436.80 ↓ -52%
Midlands Choice Commercial $436.80 ↓ -52%
Multiplan Commercial $441.35 ↓ -51%
Medica Medicare Advantage $747.56 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $781.54 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $832.51 ↓ -8%
Medica Commercial $1,619.15 ↑ +79%

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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,144.08 $189.34 – $2,315.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,531.70 $104.11 – $550.25
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,144.08 $189.34 – $2,315.40
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,201.84 $104.11 – $466.56
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,144.08 $463.08 – $2,315.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,848.30 $189.34 – $2,817.90
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $880.87 $189.34 – $1,403.42
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,144.08 $189.34 – $2,315.40

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