49/100
#1,284 nationally
Great Plains Health
601 West Leota St, North Platte, NE 69101 · (308) 568-8000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Great Plains Health billed $5.08 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.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 71
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NE
- #19
- 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.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
297 | $2,898 | $605 | -8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $59,637 | $12,570 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
197 | $22,189 | $3,157 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
171 | $10,477 | $1,549 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $8,215 | $1,977 | -36% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $16,191 | $2,615 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $44,453 | $6,944 | +12% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $14,516 | $3,346 | -30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $47,716 | $10,278 | +10% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $72,298 | $15,766 | +11% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$74,340 | $18,647 | +82% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,677 | $1,555 | +48% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,394 | $1,874 | +44% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,257 | $3,094 | +27% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$54,945 | $11,459 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,761 | $10,380 | +18% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$36,746 | $6,929 | +12% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,453 | $6,944 | +12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,215 | $1,977 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,685 | $1,847 | -35% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,724 | $8,746 | -33% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$32,535 | $10,140 | -33% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$48,477 | $13,794 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,873 | $1,560 | -30% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,516 | $3,346 | -30% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$25,890 | $8,401 | -29% |
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.