Speech therapy Cost in Lincoln, NE (2026)

Prices at 3 hospitals in Lincoln, NE, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $197 — 6% below the US median ($210), roughly 2.6× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
CHI Health Nebraska Heart	Lincoln, NE	$173	$233	★ 4/5	—	—
CHI Health St. Elizabeth	Lincoln, NE	$197	$171	★ 4/5	158 min	—
Bryan Medical Center	Lincoln, NE	$220	$211	★ 3/5	112 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

$197

Insurer-negotiated

$211

Medicare pays

$76

$177$216

Median cash $197 · Medicare $76 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $197 — about 2.6× the Medicare rate ($76). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($152).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $375 list price could save about $178 (47%).

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Doctors who perform this in Lincoln

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Chelsea Schutz	Speech Language Pathologist	Lincoln, NE	963
Polly Ubben, M.A., CCC-SLP-L	Speech Language Pathologist	Lincoln, NE	431
Samantha Gaines-Nelson, MS	Speech Language Pathologist	Lincoln, NE	239
Soyoung Park, MA, CCC-SLP	Speech Language Pathologist	Lincoln, NE	96
Kari Sommerfeld, MS CCC - SLP	Speech Language Pathologist	Lincoln, NE	92
Christina Tran, SLP	Speech Language Pathologist	Lincoln, NE	64
Emily Grove	Speech Language Pathologist	Lincoln, NE	35

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