Bryan Medical Center

1600 South 48Th St, Lincoln, NE 68506 · (402) 481-1111

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bryan Medical Center billed $4.25 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

See all 240 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 4.3x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 240; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NE: #11; lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars: 3/5; shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 18.2/35

Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 14.9/25

Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 20.8/30

Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.1/10

Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure	Patients	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	878	$53,594	$14,586	-18%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	631	$17,995	$2,451	-7%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	527	$28,810	$2,941	+14%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	397	$9,333	$1,320	-7%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	339	$111,601	$21,231	-16%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	306	$35,512	$9,907	-18%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	273	$12,931	$1,705	+10%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	258	$17,066	$2,855	-11%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit	256	$42,999	$9,616	-17%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit	227	$20,196	$4,631	-26%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit	$31,582	$3,451	+44%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit	$4,249	$616	+35%
Complex GI Procedures APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit	$37,417	$5,136	+25%
COPD (with complications) MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay	$38,220	$6,303	+15%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	$28,810	$2,941	+14%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,931	$1,705	+10%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,447	$1,529	+9%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit	$18,052	$2,530	+9%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Coagulation Disorders MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay	$28,402	$11,543	-58%
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay	$61,002	$20,739	-57%
Transurethral Prostatectomy with Complications/mcc MS-DRG 713 · Inpatient stay	$30,264	$11,313	-55%
Spinal Procedures with Complications or Spinal Neurostimulators MS-DRG 029 · Inpatient stay	$73,998	$26,453	-52%
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D MS-DRG 463 · Inpatient stay	$136,579	$37,198	-52%
Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 580 · Inpatient stay	$40,812	$13,428	-50%
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay	$450,569	$114,636	-49%
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay	$28,280	$9,434	-49%

What this page cannot tell you

It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.

Lower markups near Lincoln

A
Lincoln Surgical Hospital
2.7x · Lincoln, NE
B
Chi Health Nebraska Heart
3.9x · Lincoln, NE
B
Chi Health St. Elizabeth
4.0x · Lincoln, NE

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The record

CMS provider number: 280003
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency department: Yes
Setting: Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.