55/100
#1,119 nationally
The Nebraska Medical Center
988102 Nebrasks Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 · (402) 559-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, The Nebraska Medical Center billed $3.99 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 235
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NE
- #16
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
532 | $7,603 | $1,336 | -25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
522 | $19,311 | $2,865 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
519 | $1,912 | $571 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
508 | $11,343 | $2,068 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
395 | $11,523 | $2,376 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
390 | $5,659 | $1,719 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
299 | $13,551 | $2,779 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
276 | $10,284 | $1,676 | -13% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
245 | $8,070 | $1,660 | -29% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $12,449 | $2,358 | -36% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$92,088 | $20,583 | +184% |
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$181,840 | $37,449 | +147% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$103,828 | $22,509 | +90% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$66,927 | $13,724 | +80% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay |
$183,245 | $45,063 | +70% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Complications
MS-DRG 920 · Inpatient stay |
$73,033 | $17,838 | +65% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$112,435 | $25,498 | +50% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$74,604 | $24,566 | +49% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,355 | $1,096 | -62% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,518 | $974 | -61% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,699 | $2,706 | -59% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,659 | $1,719 | -56% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,047 | $6,723 | -54% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Complications
MS-DRG 841 · Inpatient stay |
$44,818 | $16,130 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,675 | $1,367 | -49% |
|
Biopsies of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complications
MS-DRG 478 · Inpatient stay |
$58,520 | $23,357 | -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.