MRI tmj 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

$3,238.26

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.

$4,646.00

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.

$1,362.68 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $3,004.09 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $1,362.68 ↓ -58%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,362.68 ↓ -58%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $1,362.68 ↓ -58%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1,362.68 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $1,424.62 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,424.62 ↓ -56%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $1,517.53 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $1,517.53 ↓ -53%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,517.53 ↓ -53%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $2,322.75 ↓ -28%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $2,787.30 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $2,942.15 ↓ -9%
Medica Commercial $2,951.44 ↓ -9%
Coventry Commercial $2,973.12 ↓ -8%
Midlands Choice Commercial $2,973.12 ↓ -8%
First Health Medical Rental $2,973.12 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $2,973.12 ↓ -8%
Coventry Workers Comp $2,973.12 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Commercial $3,004.09 ↓ -7%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,209.18 $382.54 – $2,447.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,377.45 $599.12 – $3,166.77
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,209.18 $382.54 – $2,447.15
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CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,577.07 $382.54 – $2,512.62
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CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,386.50 $382.54 – $2,359.00

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