US Health Care Costs

Heart catheterization, with major complications in Oklahoma

MS-DRG 286: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization with mcc

$70,544typical hospital bill
$17,113typical amount paid
$13,836–$30,266range paid across 13 hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals billed Medicare a typical $70,544 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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 City33$58,976$13,836
Hillcrest Hospital SouthTulsa14$64,482$14,325
Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLCOklahoma City43$44,624$14,460
Norman RegionalNorman20$64,763$15,070
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - ShawneeShawnee20$47,782$15,184
Ascension St John Jane PhillipsBartlesville15$37,777$15,378
Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa37$70,544$17,113
Saint Francis Hospital, IncTulsa108$74,601$17,146
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - MidwestMidwest City15$138,424$17,209
Ssm Health St Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma CityOklahoma City34$103,090$17,331
Hillcrest Medical CenterTulsa22$113,025$19,200
Integris Baptist Medical Center, IncOklahoma City39$180,984$22,477
O U Medical CenterOklahoma City28$306,093$30,266

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.