US Health Care Costs

Bowel obstruction, with complications in Oklahoma

MS-DRG 389: Gastrointestinal obstruction with cc

$29,759typical hospital bill
$6,403typical amount paid
$5,681–$10,401range paid across 21 hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,759 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Hillcrest Hospital SouthTulsa20$29,759$5,681
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Duncan Regional Hospital, IncDuncan19$26,905$5,765
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Integris Health Edmond HospitalEdmond20$29,846$5,832
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St Mary's Regional Medical CenterEnid13$54,952$5,843
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Northeastern Health SystemTahlequah13$18,227$5,858
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Saint Francis Hospital MuskogeeMuskogee23$17,386$5,929
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Integris Health Enid HospitalEnid13$42,127$6,233
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Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, IncOklahoma City60$26,331$6,237
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Memorial HealthLawton15$19,148$6,284
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Ascension St John Jane PhillipsBartlesville11$15,365$6,317
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Norman RegionalNorman32$28,216$6,403
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Hillcrest Medical CenterTulsa12$38,160$6,494
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Stillwater Medical CenterStillwater15$32,775$6,517
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Saint Francis Hospital, IncTulsa63$21,300$6,864
–$10,026$6,843–$14,748 · 14 plans
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - MidwestMidwest City14$85,852$6,911
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Integris Baptist Medical Center, IncOklahoma City45$34,302$7,398
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Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa25$19,496$7,448
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Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma CityOklahoma City27$31,242$7,556
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Integris Southwest Medical CenterOklahoma City17$32,953$7,834
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Oklahoma State University Medical CenterTulsa16$20,826$10,298
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O U Medical CenterOklahoma City29$38,950$10,401
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Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.