Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at Ascension St. John Nowata (Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital, Inc.)
237 S Locust St, Nowata, OK · Ascension · · NPI 1548247489
$599.59
Cash price 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.
$1,620.50
Gross charge 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.
$75.27 with FIRST HEALTH vs $928.23 with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| FIRST HEALTH | 2649_BAOK, JPOK, MCOK, OHOK FIRST HEALTH 20241001 | $75.27 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA WHOLE HEALTH | 2659_MCOK, BAOK, OHOK AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241001 | $225.99 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD LINCS | 2730_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE LINCS INPATIENT 20250201 | $928.23 | ↑ +55% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED | 2735_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE PREFERRED INPATIENT 20250201 | $928.23 | ↑ +55% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TRADITIONAL | 2740_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE TRADITIONAL INPATIENT 20250201 | $928.23 | ↑ +55% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CHOICE | 2725_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE CHOICE INPATIENT 20250201 | $928.23 | ↑ +55% |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE | 2720_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20250201 | $928.23 | ↑ +55% |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other Oklahoma hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Love County Health Center | Marietta | $3,302.00 | $137.94 – $137.94 |
| Mercy Hospital Ardmore | Northwest Ardmore | $2,074.15 | $137.94 – $962.22 |
| Mercy Hospital Healdton | Healdton | $2,146.30 | $137.94 – $548.48 |
| Mercy Hospital Kingfisher | Kingfisher | $2,221.05 | $137.94 – $548.48 |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County | Guthrie | $2,252.25 | $137.94 – $1,309.00 |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City | $1,781.00 | $137.94 – $894.86 |
| Mercy Hospital Watonga | Watonga | $2,216.50 | $137.94 – $548.48 |
| Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) | Tulsa | $599.59 | $75.27 – $919.72 |