US Health Care Costs

Delirium and other mental confusion in Oklahoma

MS-DRG 884: Organic disturbances and intellectual disability

$26,712typical hospital bill
$11,091typical amount paid
$9,294–$13,047range paid across 5 hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,712 for this stay in 2024, about 2.4 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
Saint Francis Hospital MuskogeeMuskogee13$32,888$9,294
Norman RegionalNorman18$32,906$11,055
Saint Francis Hospital, IncTulsa79$25,842$11,091
Memorial HealthLawton16$26,712$12,020
Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa11$25,380$13,047

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.