Office visit, new patient (level 4) cost in Nebraska

Prices at 49 hospitals in Nebraska, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $291 — 14% above the US median ($255), roughly 1.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Kearney County Health Services Hospital Minden, NE $62 $101 125 min
Pender Community Hospital Pender, NE $107 $121 128 min
Fillmore County Hospital Geneva, NE $140 $121 ★ 4/5 111 min
The Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE $142 $264 ★ 4/5 156 min
Gordon Memorial Hospital District Gordon, NE $146 $137 106 min
Gothenburg Health Gothenburg, NE $158 $137 124 min
Columbus Community Hospital, Inc Columbus, NE $160 $114 ★ 3/5 121 min
Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff, NE $171 $175 ★ 2/5 202 min
Merrick Medical Center Central City, NE $203 $322 127 min
Crete Area Medical Center Crete, NE $203 $322 104 min
Methodist Fremont Health Fremont, NE $204 $337 ★ 2/5 126 min
Avera St Anthony's Hospital O' Neill, NE $220 $215 ★ 4/5 115 min
Nemaha County Hospital Auburn, NE $224 $123 110 min
Butler County Health David City, NE $242 $155 98 min
Brown County Hospital Ainsworth, NE $248 $297 110 min
Chadron Hospital Chadron, NE $255 $349 ★ 3/5 110 min
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln, NE $260 $396 ★ 4/5
Garden County Health Services Oshkosh, NE $262 $324 147 min
Faith Regional Health Services Norfolk, NE $269 $114 ★ 3/5 101 min
West Holt Memorial Hospital Atkinson, NE $270 $194 110 min
Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE $271 $234 95 min
Jefferson Community Health & Life Fairbury, NE $274 $201 106 min
Syracuse Area Health Syracuse, NE $279 $268 106 min
CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE $291 $416 ★ 4/5 156 min
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha, NE $291 $416 ★ 3/5 128 min

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated September 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$375
Cash / self-pay
$291
Insurer-negotiated
$297
Medicare pays
$177
$156$431
Median cash $291  ·  Medicare $177  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $291 — about 1.6× the Medicare rate ($177). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($355).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $375 list price could save about $84 (22%).

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