DRG 056 · Nervous System

Degenerative Neurological Disorders Cost in Nebraska — Compare All Hospitals

Progressive brain and nerve conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or ALS. Admission is usually for a serious flare-up or a related problem such as trouble swallowing, falls, or infection.

State average
$41,489
gross charge · DRG 056
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$6,878 – $70,802
low to high
Lowest $6,878 Highest $70,802

Nebraska hospitals price degenerative neurological disorders (Medicare DRG 056) anywhere from $6,878 to $70,802 — a $63,924 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Harlan County Health System in Alma; the most expensive is Nebraska Medicine Bellevue Health Center in Bellevue. The state average sits at $41,489.

Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists degenerative neurological disorders at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent degenerative neurological disorders admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Nebraska hospitals missing from the list either don't perform degenerative neurological disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 056 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $6,878
    Cash pay $5,502
  2. 2

    Mary Lanning Healthcare

    Hastings, NE

    Gross charge $7,697
    Cash pay $6,927
  3. 3

    St Francis Memorial Hospital

    West Point, NE

    Gross charge $34,847
  4. 4
    Gross charge $46,710
  5. 5

    Grand Island Regional Medical Center

    Grand Island, NE

    Gross charge $52,690
  6. 6

    The Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, NE

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $70,802
    Cash pay $46,021
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,232
  7. 7

    Nebraska Medicine Bellevue Health Center

    Bellevue, NE

    Gross charge $70,802
    Cash pay $46,021
  8. 8

    CHI Health Good Samaritan (Acute Care)

    Kearney, NE

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  9. 9

    CHI Health St. Elizabeth (S 70th St)

    Lincoln, NE

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  10. 10

    CHI Health St. Francis (Acute Care)

    Grand Island, NE

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  11. 11

    Methodist Hospital

    Omaha, NE

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $13,254
  12. 12
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  13. 13

    Regional West Medical Center

    Scottsbluff, NE

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  14. 14

    Methodist Fremont Health

    Fremont, NE

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  15. 15

    Chi Health Immanuel

    Omaha, NE

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  16. 16

    Chi Health Midlands

    Papillion, NE

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  17. 17

    Columbus Community Hospital, Inc

    Columbus, NE

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  18. 18

    CHI Health St. Elizabeth (S 91st St)

    Lincoln, NE

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  19. 19

    CHI Health Lakeside

    Omaha, NE

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  21. 21

    CHI Health Schuyler

    Schuyler, NE

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  22. 22

    Chi Health St. Marys

    Nebraska City, NE

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  23. 23

    Plainview Hospital

    Plainview, NE

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  24. 24
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $38,082

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