Creatine - sendout 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

$53.10

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.

$143.50

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.

$4.95 with FIRST HEALTH vs $143.50 with COMMUNITYCARE SENIOR — 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 $4.95 ↓ -91%
AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 2659_MCOK, BAOK, OHOK AETNA WHOLE HEALTH 20241001 $7.22 ↓ -86%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE 2720_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE ADVANTAGE INPATIENT 20250201 $33.65 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD CHOICE 2725_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE CHOICE INPATIENT 20250201 $33.65 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD LINCS 2730_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE LINCS INPATIENT 20250201 $33.65 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD PREFERRED 2735_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE PREFERRED INPATIENT 20250201 $33.65 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TRADITIONAL 2740_NHOK BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BLUE TRADITIONAL INPATIENT 20250201 $33.65 ↓ -37%
COMMUNITY CARE - ST JOHN NETWORK SENIOR - GOVT 2629_JPOK, BAOK, MCOK, OHOK COMMUNITYCARE ST JOHN NEWTORK INPATIENT GOVERNMENT 20241001 $143.50 ↑ +170%
COMMUNITY CARE - ST JOHN NETWORK SENIOR - GOVT 2683_JPOK, BAOK, MCOK, OHOK COMMUNITYCARE ST JOHN NETWORK OUTPATIENT GOVERNMENT 20250101 $143.50 ↑ +170%
COMMUNITYCARE SENIOR 2681_JPOK, BAOK, MCOK, OHOK COMMUNITYCARE OUTPATIENT GOVERNMENT PROGRAM 20250101 $143.50 ↑ +170%

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