X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study 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

$478.19

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.

$666.00

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.

$293.04 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming vs $646.02 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $293.04 ↓ -39%
Medica Medicare Advantage $293.04 ↓ -39%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $293.04 ↓ -39%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $293.04 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare VA Community Care $306.36 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $306.36 ↓ -36%
Nebraska Total Care Medicaid $326.34 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $326.34 ↓ -32%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $326.34 ↓ -32%
Keith County Sheriff’s Office Imate/Detainee Plan $499.50 ↑ +4%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $599.40 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Commercial/Individual Exchange $632.70 ↑ +32%
Medica Commercial $634.70 ↑ +33%
Coventry Commercial $639.36 ↑ +34%
Midlands Choice Commercial $639.36 ↑ +34%
First Health Medical Rental $639.36 ↑ +34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Network Blue $639.36 ↑ +34%
Coventry Workers Comp $639.36 ↑ +34%
Multiplan Commercial $646.02 ↑ +35%

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $325.08 $119.88 – $566.10
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $640.05 $107.75 – $569.50
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $325.08 $93.24 – $566.10
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,034.18 $119.74 – $536.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $325.08 $113.22 – $566.10
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $649.04 $160.38 – $989.52
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $677.91 $160.38 – $870.44
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $325.08 $113.22 – $566.10

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