Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$621.50

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.

$1,130.00

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.

$286.00 with Cigna vs $1,305.53 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
Cigna All Commercial Plans $286.00 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange $386.94 ↓ -38%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care Plan $522.21 ↓ -16%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $529.94 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $531.09 ↓ -15%
BCBS Native Blue HMO $537.88 ↓ -13%
Oscar All Commercial Plans $686.97 ↑ +11%
Ambetter Health Exchange $704.99 ↑ +13%
Community Care Select HMO $966.09 ↑ +55%
Kempton All Commercial Plans $1,018.31 ↑ +64%
Healthchoice All Commercial Plans $1,076.54 ↑ +73%
Global Health All Commercial Plans $1,117.53 ↑ +80%
Community Care HMO $1,305.53 ↑ +110%

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Cerebrospinal fld flw imag at other Oklahoma hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City $908.70 $69.00 – $1,443.16
Love County Health Center Marietta $1,294.00 $224.24 – $224.24
Ascension St. John Medical Center (St. John Medical Center, Inc.) Tulsa $350.02 $36.08 – $2,048.04
Ascension St. John Broken Arrow (St. John Broken Arrow, Inc.) Jenks $350.02 $36.08 – $312.59
Ascension St. John Owasso (Owasso Medical Facility, Inc.) Owasso $350.02 $36.08 – $1,152.02
Ascension St. John Jane Phillips (Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center, Inc.) Bartlesville $350.02 $36.08 – $1,233.83
Ascension St. John Nowata (Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital, Inc.) Nowata $350.02 $36.08 – $655.99
Ascension St. John Sapulpa (St. John Sapulpa, Inc.) Sapulpa $350.02 $36.08 – $572.09

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