Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at Ogallala Community Hospital
2601 N Spruce Street, Ogallala, NE · Banner Health · · NPI 1710915467
$945.11
Cash price 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.
$1,661.00
Gross charge 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.
$217.80 with Banner Health vs $813.89 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $217.80 | ↓ -77% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | $217.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming | Medicare Advantage | $217.80 | ↓ -77% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $217.80 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $227.70 | ↓ -76% |
| Nebraska Total Care | Medicaid | $242.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $242.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Keith County Sheriff’s Office | Imate/Detainee Plan | $371.25 | ↓ -61% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $445.50 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial/Individual Exchange | $470.25 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica | Commercial | $471.74 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $475.20 | ↓ -50% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $475.20 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming | Network Blue | $475.20 | ↓ -50% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial | $475.20 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $475.20 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $480.15 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | VA Community Care | $764.06 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP | $813.89 | ↓ -14% |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $843.36 | $361.44 – $1,706.80 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $585.65 | $147.59 – $780.09 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $843.36 | $281.12 – $1,706.80 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $961.40 | $417.42 – $1,713.80 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $636.61 | $164.30 – $736.32 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $843.36 | $341.36 – $1,706.80 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $491.05 | $169.05 – $748.65 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $466.10 | $181.70 – $742.60 |