Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Ascension St. John Nowata (Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital, Inc.)

237 S Locust St, Nowata, OK · Ascension · · NPI 1548247489

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

$881.16

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.

$2,381.50

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.

$83.32 with AETNA WHOLE HEALTH vs $155.23 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TRADITIONAL — 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
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 2659_MCOK, BAOK, OHOK AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241001 $83.32 ↓ -91%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE 2720_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20250201 $155.23 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CHOICE 2725_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE CHOICE INPATIENT 20250201 $155.23 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD LINCS 2730_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE LINCS INPATIENT 20250201 $155.23 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 2735_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE PREFERRED INPATIENT 20250201 $155.23 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TRADITIONAL 2740_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE TRADITIONAL INPATIENT 20250201 $155.23 ↓ -82%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Oklahoma hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Kingfisher Kingfisher $360.10 $66.14 – $180.09
Mercy Hospital Logan County Guthrie $360.10 $66.14 – $180.09
Mercy Hospital Watonga Watonga $360.10 $66.14 – $180.09
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa $881.16 $83.32 – $3,567.32
Ascension St. John Broken Arrow (St. John Broken Arrow, Inc.) Jenks $881.16 $83.32 – $83.32
Ascension St. John Owasso (Owasso Medical Facility, Inc.) Owasso $881.16 $83.32 – $2,006.62
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville $881.16 $83.32 – $2,149.09
Ascension St. John Sapulpa (St. John Sapulpa, Inc.) Sapulpa $881.16 $83.32 – $135.38

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