US Health Care Costs

Fainting in Oklahoma

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$29,506typical hospital bill
$6,965typical amount paid
$6,284–$11,557range paid across 18 hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,506 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 SouthTulsa16$25,137$6,284
Integris Health Edmond HospitalEdmond13$28,152$6,359
Integris Canadian Valley HospitalYukon13$30,860$6,532
Saint Francis Hospital MuskogeeMuskogee14$23,946$6,595
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, IncOklahoma City14$31,413$6,629
Memorial HealthLawton30$24,392$6,789
Alliancehealth DurantDurant26$75,932$6,794
Mercy Hospital Ardmore, IncArdmore13$25,645$6,848
Norman RegionalNorman61$25,634$6,939
Stillwater Medical CenterStillwater13$32,415$6,990
Mercy Hospital AdaAda15$18,109$7,021
Saint Francis Hospital, IncTulsa40$24,950$7,035
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - MidwestMidwest City20$59,597$7,145
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma CityOklahoma City25$36,624$7,386
Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa37$19,707$7,489
Integris Baptist Medical Center, IncOklahoma City23$48,645$7,878
Hillcrest Medical CenterTulsa38$62,625$7,951
O U Medical CenterOklahoma City21$75,890$11,557

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.