Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City

1000 North Lee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK · SSM Health · · NPI 1366545311

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,943.95

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.

$8,989.00

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.

$670.19 with Medica vs $9,414.36 with Community Care — 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
Medica Exchange $670.19 ↓ -86%
PHCS Multiplan All Commercial Plans $1,254.00 ↓ -75%
Cigna All Commercial Plans $2,100.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,765.75 ↓ -24%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,821.48 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,829.76 ↓ -23%
BCBS Native Blue HMO $3,878.72 ↓ -22%
UnitedHealthCare All Commercial Plans $4,232.60 ↓ -14%
Oscar All Commercial Plans $4,386.82 ↓ -11%
Ambetter Health Exchange $5,083.76 ↑ +3%
Healthchoice All Commercial Plans $6,892.70 ↑ +39%
Community Care Select HMO $6,966.63 ↑ +41%
Kempton All Commercial Plans $7,343.20 ↑ +49%
Global Health All Commercial Plans $8,058.70 ↑ +63%
Community Care HMO $9,414.36 ↑ +90%

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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at other Oklahoma hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City $19,798.54 $250.00 – $13,814.58
Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore $20,693.71 $407.07 – $15,097.36
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Midwest Midwest City not published $670.19 – $8,058.70
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee Shawnee not published $670.19 – $7,343.20
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa not published $459.94 – $808.14
Ascension St. John Broken Arrow (St. John Broken Arrow, Inc.) Jenks not published $459.94 – $485.44
Ascension St. John Owasso (Owasso Medical Facility, Inc.) Owasso not published $459.94 – $937.44
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville not published $459.94 – $926.67

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