Repair lac palate<2 cm 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

$207.43

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.

$382.00

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.

$168.08 with Medica vs $370.54 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
Medica Medicare Advantage $168.08 ↓ -19%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $168.08 ↓ -19%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $168.08 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $168.08 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $175.72 ↓ -15%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $187.18 ↓ -10%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $187.18 ↓ -10%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $286.50 ↑ +38%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $343.80 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $362.90 ↑ +75%
Medica Commercial $364.05 ↑ +76%
Coventry Commercial $366.72 ↑ +77%
Midlands Choice Commercial $366.72 ↑ +77%
First Health Medical Rental $366.72 ↑ +77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $366.72 ↑ +77%
Coventry Workers Comp $366.72 ↑ +77%
Multiplan Commercial $370.54 ↑ +79%

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Repair lac palate<2 cm at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $466.20 $199.80 – $943.50
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $614.55 $144.59 – $661.50
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $466.20 $155.40 – $943.50
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $623.33 $154.87 – $694.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $466.20 $188.70 – $943.50
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $638.67 $219.87 – $973.71
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $466.20 $188.70 – $943.50
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $342.50 $157.55 – $548.00

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