Automated diff wbc count 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

$32.65

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.

$88.25

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.

$6.78 with FIRST HEALTH vs $51.91 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
FIRST HEALTH 2649_BAOK, JPOK, MCOK, OHOK FIRST HEALTH 20241001 $6.78 ↓ -79%
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 2659_MCOK, BAOK, OHOK AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241001 $10.07 ↓ -69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE 2720_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20250201 $51.91 ↑ +59%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CHOICE 2725_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE CHOICE INPATIENT 20250201 $51.91 ↑ +59%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD LINCS 2730_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE LINCS INPATIENT 20250201 $51.91 ↑ +59%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 2735_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE PREFERRED INPATIENT 20250201 $51.91 ↑ +59%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TRADITIONAL 2740_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE TRADITIONAL INPATIENT 20250201 $51.91 ↑ +59%

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Automated diff wbc count at other Oklahoma hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore $81.25 $5.75 – $14.28
Mercy Hospital Kingfisher Kingfisher $55.90 $5.75 – $5.75
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City $64.35 $5.27 – $14.28
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa $32.65 $6.47 – $25.88
Ascension St. John Broken Arrow (St. John Broken Arrow, Inc.) Jenks $32.65 $6.78 – $10.07
Ascension St. John Owasso (Owasso Medical Facility, Inc.) Owasso $32.65 $6.47 – $17.83
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville $32.65 $6.47 – $51.91
Ascension St. John Sapulpa (St. John Sapulpa, Inc.) Sapulpa $32.65 $6.78 – $15.73

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