Spinal tap cost in Nebraska
In Nebraska, 33 hospitals publish a cash price for spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic: from $190.00 to $1,560.75, with a median of $508.80. The lowest price is at Gordon Memorial Hospital (Gordon). The highest price is 8.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $508.80, is 41% below the US median of $859.25.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($721.17).
- Nebraska ranks 5th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 33 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 62270. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$190.00Gordon Memorial Hospital
Median$508.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,560.75in Nebraska
Lowest saves$318.80vs the median
Hospitals in Nebraska, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Memorial Hospital lowest Gordon · Gordon, NE Lumbar Puncture-dx | $190.00 | $190.00 | — source file |
| Pawnee County Memorial Hospital Pawnee City · Pawnee City, NE Spinal Tap | $226.00 | $283.00 | — source file |
| Saunders Medical Center Wahoo · Omaha, NE-IA LUMBAR PUNCTURE DX | $226.50 | $302.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Fremont Health Fremont · Fremont, NE Spinal Fluid Tap | $347.43 | $939.00 | Feb 16, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Immanuel Medical Center Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC SPINAL PUNCTURE LUMBAR DX | $351.31 | $817.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Bergan Mercy Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC SPINAL PUNCTURE LUMBAR DX | $351.31 | $817.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Lakeside Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA HC SPINAL PUNCTURE LUMBAR DX | $351.31 | $817.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Midlands Papillion · Omaha, NE-IA HC SPINAL PUNCTURE LUMBAR DX | $351.31 | $817.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Memorial Hospital, Schuyler Schuyler · Columbus, NE HC LUMBAR PUNCTURE DIAGNOSTIC | $364.08 | $444.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Health Plainview Hospital Plainview · Norfolk, NE HC LUMBAR PUNCTURE DIAGNOSTIC | $381.84 | $444.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Medical Center Bellevue · Omaha, NE-IA Removal of cerebrospinal fluid with lower back spinal tap for diagnostic test | $383.50 | $590.00 | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Medical Center Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA Removal of cerebrospinal fluid with lower back spinal tap for diagnostic test | $383.50 | $590.00 | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Heart Hospital Lincoln · Lincoln, NE HC LUMBAR PUNCTURE DIAGNOSTIC | $393.30 | $855.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA Spinal Tap | $397.08 | $1,103.00 | Feb 14, 2026 source file |
| St. Mary's Community Hospital Nebraska City · Nebraska City, NE HC LUMBAR PUNCTURE DIAGNOSTIC | $405.08 | $494.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Medical Center Grand Island · Grand Island, NE HC LUMBAR PUNCTURE DIAGNOSTIC | $410.48 | $733.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln · Lincoln, NE HC LUMBAR PUNCTURE DIAGNOSTIC | $508.80 | $1,060.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Chadron Community Hospital Chadron · Chadron, NE 62270-lumbar Puncture Diagnostic | $564.00 | $805.00 | — source file |
| Community Hospital - McCook McCook · McCook, NE EMERGENCY ROOM SPINAL PUN | $579.60 | $644.00 | Dec 27, 2025 source file |
| Box Butte General Hospital Alliance · Alliance, NE DX LMBR SPI PNXR | $593.60 | $742.00 | Aug 18, 2026 source file |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad · Lexington, NE Diag Lumbar Spinal Puncture | $599.00 | $666.00 | — source file |
| Kimball County Hospital Kimball · Kimball, NE Removal of cerebrospinal fluid with lower back spinal tap for diagnostic test | $680.95 | $680.95 | Oct 12, 2026 source file |
| Callaway District Hospital Callaway · Callaway, NE 62270 Lumbar Puncture | $700.00 | $778.00 | — source file |
| Providence Medical Center Wayne · Wayne, NE 62270 Spinal Puncture, Lumbar, Diagnostic | $719.10 | $846.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| Gothenburg Health Gothenburg · Lexington, NE 62270 Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnostic | $851.00 | $946.00 | — source file |
| Chase County Hospital Imperial · Imperial, NE 62270 Spinal Tap Dxed Tech | $903.00 | $903.00 | — source file |
| Beatrice Community Hospital Beatrice · Beatrice, NE Hc Spinal Puncture,lumbar Diag | $937.00 | $937.00 | — source file |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Kearney · Kearney, NE HC LUMBAR PUNCTURE DIAGNOSTIC | $950.04 | $1,638.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Howard County Medical Center St. Paul · Grand Island, NE All Outpatient Services | $973.00 | $973.00 | Oct 14, 2026 source file |
| Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff · Scottsbluff, NE HB LUMBAR PUNCTURE | $994.80 | $1,658.00 | Mar 17, 2026 source file |
| Mary Lanning Healthcare Hastings · Hastings, NE Removal of cerebrospinal fluid with lower back spinal tap for diagnostic test | $1,183.82 | $1,315.36 | Oct 14, 2026 source file |
| Columbus Community Hospital Columbus · Columbus, NE REMOVAL OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID WITH LOWER BACK SPINAL TAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST | $1,387.00 | $1,460.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Midwest Surgical Hospital Omaha · Omaha, NE-IA DX LMBR SPI PNXR | $1,560.75 | $2,081.00 | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, NE-IA | 9 | $226.50 | $351.31 |
| Columbus, NE | 2 | $364.08 | $875.54 |
| Grand Island, NE | 2 | $410.48 | $691.74 |
| Lexington, NE | 2 | $599.00 | $725.00 |
| Lincoln, NE | 2 | $393.30 | $451.05 |
| Alliance, NE | 1 | $593.60 | $593.60 |
| Beatrice, NE | 1 | $937.00 | $937.00 |
| Callaway, NE | 1 | $700.00 | $700.00 |
| Chadron, NE | 1 | $564.00 | $564.00 |
| Fremont, NE | 1 | $347.43 | $347.43 |
| Gordon, NE | 1 | $190.00 | $190.00 |
| Hastings, NE | 1 | $1,183.82 | $1,183.82 |
| Imperial, NE | 1 | $903.00 | $903.00 |
| Kimball, NE | 1 | $680.95 | $680.95 |
| Kearney, NE | 1 | $950.04 | $950.04 |
| McCook, NE | 1 | $579.60 | $579.60 |
| Nebraska City, NE | 1 | $405.08 | $405.08 |
| Norfolk, NE | 1 | $381.84 | $381.84 |
| Pawnee City, NE | 1 | $226.00 | $226.00 |
| Scottsbluff, NE | 1 | $994.80 | $994.80 |
| Wayne, NE | 1 | $719.10 | $719.10 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What spinal tap is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Spinal tap explained.
Spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic in other states
- Alabama$674.88
- Alaska$893.88
- Arizona$648.16
- Arkansas$680.68
- California$1,320.80
- Colorado$906.27
- Connecticut$1,147.50
- Delaware$1,149.53
- District of Columbia$999.97, 3 hospitals
- Florida$1,245.30
- Georgia$1,267.32
- Hawaii$1,283.10
- Idaho$842.55
- Illinois$969.60
- Indiana$1,025.25
- Iowa$603.85
- Kansas$554.40
- Kentucky$687.26
- Louisiana$458.49
- Maine$523.25
- Maryland$577.32
- Massachusetts$1,463.00
- Michigan$856.05
- Minnesota$742.15
- Mississippi$476.70
- Missouri$667.93
- Montana$436.00
- Nevada$785.35
- New Hampshire$548.50
- New Jersey$943.92
- New Mexico$853.31
- New York$1,185.00
- North Carolina$813.75
- North Dakota$862.97
- Ohio$1,071.00
- Oklahoma$622.87
- Oregon$995.48
- Pennsylvania$1,222.50
- Puerto Rico$1,050.00, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$1,091.65
- South Carolina$1,012.46
- South Dakota$1,018.44
- Tennessee$402.00
- Texas$1,045.65
- Utah$765.59
- Vermont$844.20
- Virginia$859.25
- Washington$992.00
- West Virginia$1,005.50
- Wisconsin$605.00
- Wyoming$725.76
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.