Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at Ogallala Community Hospital
2601 N Spruce Street, Ogallala, NE · Banner Health · · NPI 1710915467
$50.27
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.
$82.00
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.
$14.96 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $32.98 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.
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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming | Medicare Advantage | $14.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $14.96 | ↓ -70% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | $14.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $14.96 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | VA Community Care | $15.64 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $15.64 | ↓ -69% |
| Nebraska Total Care | Medicaid | $16.66 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP | $16.66 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $16.66 | ↓ -67% |
| Keith County Sheriff’s Office | Imate/Detainee Plan | $25.50 | ↓ -49% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $30.60 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial/Individual Exchange | $32.30 | ↓ -36% |
| Medica | Commercial | $32.40 | ↓ -36% |
| Coventry | Commercial | $32.64 | ↓ -35% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial | $32.64 | ↓ -35% |
| First Health | Medical Rental | $32.64 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming | Network Blue | $32.64 | ↓ -35% |
| Coventry | Workers Comp | $32.64 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $32.98 | ↓ -34% |
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Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $47.88 | $4.61 – $87.55 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $96.05 | $3.22 – $14.70 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $47.88 | $4.61 – $87.55 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $55.20 | $4.61 – $32.80 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $97.11 | $3.43 – $15.36 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $47.88 | $4.61 – $87.55 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $25.62 | $4.61 – $42.00 |
| CHI Health St. Francis | Grand Island | $33.63 | $4.61 – $55.33 |