US Health Care Costs

Chest pain in Oklahoma

MS-DRG 313: Chest pain

$27,595typical hospital bill
$5,932typical amount paid
$5,419–$6,689range paid across 7 hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals billed Medicare a typical $27,595 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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 staysBilledPaid
Hillcrest Hospital SouthTulsa13$36,536$5,419
Alliancehealth DurantDurant30$70,537$5,593
Memorial HealthLawton22$25,152$5,747
Saint Francis Hospital, IncTulsa11$26,185$5,932
Norman RegionalNorman18$27,595$5,968
Hillcrest Medical CenterTulsa33$52,552$6,320
Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa17$15,347$6,689

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.