Treat kneecap dislocation 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

$823.73

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.

$1,517.00

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.

$445.28 with Medica vs $981.64 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 $445.28 ↓ -46%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $445.28 ↓ -46%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $445.28 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Medicare Advantage $445.28 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $465.52 ↓ -43%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $495.88 ↓ -40%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $495.88 ↓ -40%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $759.00 ↓ -8%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $910.80 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $961.40 ↑ +17%
Medica Commercial $964.44 ↑ +17%
Coventry Commercial $971.52 ↑ +18%
Midlands Choice Commercial $971.52 ↑ +18%
First Health Medical Rental $971.52 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $971.52 ↑ +18%
Coventry Workers Comp $971.52 ↑ +18%
Multiplan Commercial $981.64 ↑ +19%

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Treat kneecap dislocation at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,068.06 $457.74 – $2,161.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,100.35 $529.29 – $2,797.67
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,068.06 $356.02 – $2,161.55
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CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $1,441.96 $562.12 – $2,297.36
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CHI Health Plainview Plainview $2,075.64 $1,507.31 – $3,346.23

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