Insert cath pleura without image at Mercy Hospital Logan County

200 S. Academy Road, Guthrie, OK · Mercy · · NPI 1306126818

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 11, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$436.15

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$671.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$105.69 with TRIBUTE HEALTH PLAN MCR CONTRACTED [320338] vs $3,920.94 with HEALTH CHOICE CONTRACTED [320166] — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
TRIBUTE HEALTH PLAN MCR CONTRACTED [320338] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320010] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320047] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
KINDFUL HOSPICE [20434] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH [20444] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK MEDICARE [20250] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
MERCY HOSPICE OKC [20252] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE CONTRACTED [320396] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320421] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
WINDSOR MEDICARE [20424] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [20047] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
CHEROKEE NATION HEALTH SERV CONTRACTED [320066] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
DEPT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS CONTRACTED [320106] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
ESSENCE HEALTHCARE MEDICARE CONTRACTED [320122] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
LONGEVITY HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE CONTRACTED [320225] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
MEDICARE [20244] HB LGNOK MEDICARE $105.69 ↓ -76%
NHC ADVANTAGE MEDICARE CONTRACTED [320282] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
PROMINENCE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320496] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
PROVIDER PARTNERS HEALTH PLANS CONTRACTED [320450] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
QUAL CHOICE CONTRACTED [320325] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
CROSS TIMBERS HOSPICE [20098] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
ELARA CARING ASPIRE HOSPICE CONTRACTED [320433] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
ELARA CARING ASPIRE HOSPICE [20433] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
HALO HCR INC HOSPICE CONTRACTED [320432] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
HALO HCR INC HOSPICE [20432] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
HEALTH FIRST HEALTH PLANS MEDICARE [20170] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
HORIZONS MEDICARE [20190] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320194] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
INDEPENDENT HEALTH [20197] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE CONTRACTED [320198] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
KINDFUL HOSPICE CONTRACTED [320434] HB LGNOK MANAGED MEDICARE 100% W/SEQ $105.69 ↓ -76%
MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [20477] HB LGNOK MEDICA MEDICARE NEW 031523 $107.74 ↓ -75%
MEDICA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320477] HB LGNOK MEDICA MEDICARE NEW 031523 $107.74 ↓ -75%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE CONTRACTED [320500] HB LGNOK DEVOTED HEALTH MCR 104% W/O SEQ $107.80 ↓ -75%
GLOBALHEALTH CONTRACTED [320145] HB LGNOK GLOBALHEALTH MCR 102% W/SEQ $107.80 ↓ -75%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320072] HB LGNOK CIGNA MCR W/SEQ 103% $108.93 ↓ -75%
HEALTHSPRING MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CONTRACTED [320526] HB LGNOK CIGNA MCR W/SEQ 103% $108.93 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD [20053] HB LGNOK BCBS OF OK NATIVEBLUE MCR 103% (NO SEQ) $110.97 ↓ -75%
HOME STATE HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [320187] HB LGNOK AMBETTER EXCHANGE MEDICARE $145.45 ↓ -67%
NOVASYS CONTRACTED [320285] HB LGNOK AMBETTER EXCHANGE MEDICARE $145.45 ↓ -67%
SUNFLOWER HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTED [320369] HB LGNOK AMBETTER EXCHANGE MEDICARE $145.45 ↓ -67%
AMBETTER CONTRACTED [320452] HB LGNOK AMBETTER EXCHANGE MEDICARE $145.45 ↓ -67%
CENTIVO CONTRACTED [320505] HB LGNOK CENTIVO MCR 165% $177.77 ↓ -59%
HUMANA MEDICAID CONTRACTED [320486] HB LGNOK OK MEDICAID (SOONERCARE) $621.31 ↑ +42%
MEDICAID [20240] HB LGNOK OK MEDICAID (SOONERCARE) $621.31 ↑ +42%
AETNA MEDICAID CONTRACTED [320009] HB LGNOK OK MEDICAID (SOONERCARE) $621.31 ↑ +42%
OKLAHOMA COMPLETE HEALTH MEDICAID CONTRACTED [320485] HB LGNOK OK MEDICAID (SOONERCARE) $621.31 ↑ +42%
HEALTH CHOICE CONTRACTED [320166] HB ADA, ARDM, HMH, KGFER, LGNOK, LHCP, TISH, WTGA HEALTHCHOICE (OSEEGIB) $3,920.94 ↑ +799%

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