Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC
6901 North 72Nd St, Ste 20300, Omaha, NE 68122 · 51 Priced Procedures · 86% Patient Recommendation
Typical commercial prices here match the fair market benchmark (1.00×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
5-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.00× fair market pricing.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC prices routine shoppable procedures near 10.7× Medicare (p50 1.00×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 20.0× Medicare (p75 1.28×, +28% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Bottom-quartile procedures (Q25) price at 0.78× the peer BaseRate benchmark
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 0% of shoppable procedures (43/100 Cash Honesty)
- 5-Star CMS clinical rating with 86% patient recommendation (82/100 safety score)
- Binding Good Faith Estimate rights under 45 CFR § 149.610 protect self-pay patients before scheduling
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 13.4× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (15.5×) & laboratory (19.4×) services average 1.87× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (10.7×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.28×) jump +28% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 1.00×)
- Unnegotiated chargemaster list prices average 15.7× Medicare (14¢ true HCRIS cost per $1 gross)
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Procedure Prices at Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC
High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 51 published procedures.
| Procedure & Billing Code | This Hospital | vs. Fair |
|---|---|---|
| Spinal fusion, single level (inpatient stay) MS-DRG Code: 451 | — | — |
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) CPT Code: 74177 | $2,943 | 6.6× |
| CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast) CPT Code: 74176 | $2,700 | unverified |
| MRI, brain (with and without contrast) CPT Code: 70553 | $2,555 | unverified |
| MRI, brain (no contrast) CPT Code: 70551 | $2,320 | unverified |
| MRI, lower back (no contrast) CPT Code: 72148 | $2,072 | unverified |
| Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) CPT Code: 93306 | $1,937 | unverified |
| MRI, knee or other leg joint CPT Code: 73721 | $1,603 | unverified |
| CT scan, neck (cervical spine) CPT Code: 72125 | $1,471 | unverified |
| CT scan, lower back (lumbar spine) CPT Code: 72131 | $1,492 | unverified |
| CT scan, chest (no contrast) CPT Code: 71250 | $1,369 | unverified |
| CT scan, pelvis CPT Code: 72192 | $1,311 | unverified |
| Ultrasound, leg veins (duplex) CPT Code: 93970 | $1,173 | 4.3× |
| CT scan, head (no contrast) CPT Code: 70450 | $1,152 | unverified |
| Blood transfusion CPT Code: 36430 | $1,119 | unverified |
| Ultrasound, abdomen (limited) CPT Code: 76705 | $409 | unverified |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only) CPT Code: 93005 | $296 | 4.6× |
| X-ray, chest (two views) CPT Code: 71046 | $292 | 3.1× |
| X-ray, shoulder CPT Code: 73030 | $286 | 3.1× |
| X-ray, neck (cervical spine) CPT Code: 72040 | $229 | 2.5× |
| X-ray, chest (single view) CPT Code: 71045 | $222 | 2.4× |
| X-ray, pelvis CPT Code: 72170 | $222 | 2.0× |
| Breathing treatment (nebulizer) CPT Code: 94640 | $216 | 1.1× |
| X-ray, hip CPT Code: 73502 | $116 | 1.2× |
| Physical therapy (therapeutic exercise) CPT Code: 97110 | $84 | unverified |
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Above Standard 400% FPL Financial-Assistance Ceiling
At 274% FPL, you exceed the standard 400% FPL tier, though medical-hardship caps (when bills exceed 10% of annual income) may still apply.
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Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) & Amounts Generally Billed (AGB)
Public IRS & CMS ownership records classify Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC as a non-501(c)(3) facility. Federal 26 U.S.C. § 501(r) statutory charity-care caps apply specifically to tax-exempt nonprofit hospitals, though state hospital fair-pricing statutes and prompt-pay self-pay discounts may still apply.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
CMS Price Transparency Administrative Enforcement Log
Factual public administrative actions published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding 45 CFR § 180 compliance at Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC. Prior administrative notices do not necessarily reflect current compliance status.
- 2026-05-01·cap_corrective_action
CAP Request
Recorded - 2026-01-28·warning_notice
Warning Notice
Recorded
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare (475 completed HCAHPS patient surveys). Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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