Observation direct referral from physician office for admission 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

$738.10

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.

$1,342.00

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.

$572.76 with BCBS vs $1,431.91 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
BCBS Medicare Managed Care Plan $572.76 ↓ -22%
UnitedHealthCare Medicare Managed Care Plan $581.24 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $582.50 ↓ -21%
BCBS Native Blue HMO $589.95 ↓ -20%
Oscar All Commercial Plans $753.47 ↑ +2%
Ambetter Health Exchange $773.23 ↑ +5%
Healthchoice All Commercial Plans $919.65 ↑ +25%
Community Care Select HMO $1,059.61 ↑ +44%
Kempton All Commercial Plans $1,116.89 ↑ +51%
Global Health All Commercial Plans $1,225.71 ↑ +66%
Community Care HMO $1,431.91 ↑ +94%

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Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at other Oklahoma hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City $642.20 $522.58 – $1,238.98
Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore $911.30 $601.77 – $1,354.02
Mercy Hospital Healdton Healdton $444.60 $1,064.75 – $1,064.75
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Midwest Midwest City $955.30 $572.76 – $1,225.71
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee Shawnee $539.00 $572.76 – $1,116.89
Mercy Hospital Logan County Guthrie $394.55 $1,064.75 – $1,064.75
Mercy Hospital Tishomingo Tishomingo $444.60 $1,064.75 – $1,064.75
Mercy Hospital Watonga Watonga $394.55 $1,064.75 – $1,064.75

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