Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with contrast) 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

$2,147.20

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.

$3,904.00

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.

$286.44 with Medica vs $892.83 with Healthchoice — 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 $286.44 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare Managed Care Plan $335.54 ↓ -84%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $340.50 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $341.24 ↓ -84%
BCBS Native Blue HMO $345.60 ↓ -84%
Oscar All Commercial Plans $441.40 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Health Exchange $452.97 ↓ -79%
Community Care Select HMO $620.74 ↓ -71%
Kempton All Commercial Plans $654.30 ↓ -70%
Global Health All Commercial Plans $718.05 ↓ -67%
Community Care HMO $838.84 ↓ -61%
Healthchoice All Commercial Plans $892.83 ↓ -58%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other Oklahoma hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City $5,954.00 $165.99 – $1,083.28
Love County Health Center Marietta $3,592.00 $165.99 – $165.99
Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore $2,951.65 $165.99 – $1,164.82
Mercy Hospital Healdton Healdton $2,334.80 $165.99 – $980.18
Mercy Hospital Kingfisher Kingfisher $2,531.10 $165.99 – $980.18
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Midwest Midwest City $1,728.82 $286.44 – $892.83
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee Shawnee $2,141.70 $286.44 – $982.11
Mercy Hospital Logan County Guthrie $2,531.10 $165.99 – $1,937.00

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