US Health Care Costs

Kidney Transplant in Oklahoma

MS-DRG 652: Kidney transplant

$353,690typical hospital bill
$30,051typical amount paid
$23,980–$39,911range paid across 3 hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals billed Medicare a typical $353,690 for this stay in 2024, about 11.8 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
Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa15$262,289$23,980
Integris Baptist Medical Center, IncOklahoma City45$353,690$30,051
O U Medical CenterOklahoma City14$498,261$39,911

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.