Wound debridement cost in Omaha, NE
In Omaha, NE-IA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for wound debridement, skin and tissue under it, first 20 sq cm: from $165.00 to $1,579.50, with a median of $501.14. The lowest listed price is at Saunders Medical Center — $336.14 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $360.00 at 47 hospitals.
- The median here, $501.14, is 21% below the US median of $631.02.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 6 cities for code 11042, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 5, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 14, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Omaha, NE-IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders Medical Center lowest Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 PF/TECH ED DEBRIDEMENT PART TISSUE File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $165.00 | $220.00 | — | 25% |
| Saunders Medical Center Wahoo, NE · (402) 443-4191 DEBRIDEMENT;SUB Q 1ST 20 File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $204.00 | $272.00 | — | 25% |
| Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 559-4000 Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $208.00 | $320.00 | $51.64–$309.39 | 35% |
| Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue, NE · (402) 763-3600 Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $208.00 | $320.00 | $51.64–$309.39 | 35% |
| Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley, IA · (712) 642-2784 HC DEBRIDE SKIN SUBCUTANEOUS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $248.00 | $496.00 | $183.52–$486.08 | 50% |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 Debridement Skin Partial Thickness and Subq Tissue+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 15, 2026 · source file | $285.90 | $953.00 | $118.00–$1,832.00 | 70% |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 Debridement SubQ 20 sq cm+7 more lines at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file | $343.08 | $953.00 | $118.00–$1,832.00 | 64% |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha, NE · (402) 572-2121 HC DEBRIDE SKIN SUBCUTANEOUS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $659.19 | $1,533.00 | $120.25–$3,842.00 | 57% |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE · (402) 398-6020 HC DEBRIDE SKIN SUBCUTANEOUS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $659.19 | $1,533.00 | $120.25–$3,842.00 | 57% |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 328-5000 HC DEBRIDE SKIN SUBCUTANEOUS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $659.19 | $1,533.00 | $120.25–$3,842.00 | 57% |
| CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE · (402) 717-8000 HC DEBRIDE SKIN SUBCUTANEOUS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $659.19 | $1,533.00 | $120.25–$3,842.00 | 57% |
| CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE · (402) 593-3000 HC DEBRIDE SKIN SUBCUTANEOUS File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $659.19 | $1,533.00 | $120.25–$3,842.00 | 57% |
| Midwest Surgical Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 399-1900 DBRDMT SUBQ TIS 1ST 20SQCM/< File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $1,579.50 | $2,106.00 | $420.05–$4,518.60 | 25% |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs, IA · (712) 396-6000 DEBRIDEMENT SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE 1ST 20 SQ CM-LESS File of Feb 15, 2026 · source file | $1,710.60 | $5,702.00 | $1,128.00–$4,778.89 | 70% |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha, NE · (402) 354-4000 DEBRIDEMENT SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE 1ST 20 SQ CM-LESS+1 more line at this price File of Feb 14, 2026 · source file | $2,579.76 | $7,166.00 | $1,128.00–$5,016.20 | 64% |
Outpatient: lowest $165.00, median $501.14, highest $1,579.50 — a 9.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $659.19. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 11 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What wound debridement is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Wound debridement explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 11042 ($512.05). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Saunders Medical Center Wahoo, NESP TECH DEBRIDMNT SUBQ FIRST 20 | $44.25 | file |