US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization in Oklahoma

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$45,920typical hospital bill
$8,478typical amount paid
$6,844–$12,799range paid across 14 hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,920 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, LLCOklahoma City24$34,622$6,844
Saint Francis Hospital MuskogeeMuskogee11$45,289$7,668
Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLCOklahoma City14$33,979$7,834
Alliancehealth DurantDurant14$152,067$8,133
Memorial HealthLawton11$47,656$8,207
Ascension St John Jane PhillipsBartlesville17$25,341$8,244
Norman RegionalNorman39$47,255$8,356
Hillcrest Medical CenterTulsa29$78,018$8,601
Saint Francis Hospital, IncTulsa62$43,016$8,779
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma CityOklahoma City20$58,303$9,155
Hillcrest Hospital SouthTulsa12$46,550$9,156
Integris Baptist Medical Center, IncOklahoma City26$61,245$9,184
Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa21$33,412$9,614
Oklahoma State University Medical CenterTulsa11$41,977$12,799

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.