Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay)
Facility: Ascension St John Medical Center
Billing Code: 470 (MS-DRG)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $12,322 compared to the $16,498 fair price benchmark.
3-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.75× fair market pricing.
A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 OK hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OK hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay) is about $16,498 (about 1.2× the $14,044 Medicare rate). Ascension St John Medical Center charges insurers about $12,322 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Tulsa, OK.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $11,963 - $16,493 | 85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $12,561 | 89% |
| Aetnamajor | $6,781 - $11,033 | 48% |
| Cignamajor | $8,761 | 62% |
| Humanamajor | $12,082 | 86% |
| Medica | $8,300 | 59% |
| + 11 smaller / regional plans | $2,735 - $26,916 |
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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Ascension St John Medical Center
Compare: Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay) at other OK hospitals
- Alliancehealth Madill · Madill $9,928
- Ascension St John Sapulpa · Sapulpa $11,017
- St John Owasso · Owasso $11,813
- Ascension St John Jane Phillips · Bartlesville $11,916
- Oklahoma Surgical Hospital, LLC · Tulsa $12,956
- Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc · Oklahoma City $13,097
- McCurtain Memorial Hospital · Idabel $13,455
- Memorial Health · Lawton $15,037
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Ascension St John Medical Center (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $10,735
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $10,735).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask Ascension St John Medical Center's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $16,498 Fair BaseRate ($14,044 Medicare)
Your bill ($29,573) is $13,075 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($16,498) and 2.1× the $14,044 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.