Arterial blood gas (ABG) cost in Oklahoma

Prices at 45 hospitals in Oklahoma, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $91 — 41% below the US median ($154), roughly 3.5× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
McBride Orthopedic Hospital Oklahoma City, OK $33 $44 63 min 14.9%
Oklahoma Spine Hospital Oklahoma City, OK $40 $24 110 min 13.1%
Mercy Hospital Ardmore, Inc Ardmore, OK $41 $35 ★ 4/5 140 min 14.6%
Exceptional Community Hospital Ardmore Ardmore, OK $41 $35
Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic & Multi-Sp Oklahoma City, OK $42 $23 15.3%
Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital Tulsa, OK $47 $47 208 min 15.3%
McCurtain Memorial Hospital Idabel, OK $55 $23 ★ 4/5 84 min 15.5%
Duncan Regional Hospital, Inc Duncan, OK $56 $149 ★ 3/5 148 min 15.3%
Cimarron Memorial Hospital Boise City, OK $61 $67 107 min 14.8%
Jefferson County Hospital Waurika, OK $61 $114 82 min
Clinton Regional Hospital Clinton, OK $63 $24 108 min 15.5%
Elkview General Hospital Hobart, OK $77 $23
Ascension St John Jane Phillips Bartlesville, OK $83 $54 ★ 3/5 169 min 14.3%
Ascension St John Medical Center Tulsa, OK $83 $54 ★ 3/5 195 min 13.8%
St John Owasso Owasso, OK $83 $53 ★ 5/5 148 min 14.4%
Ascension St John Broken Arrow Broken Arrow, OK $83 $54 ★ 4/5 176 min 15.3%
Ascension St John Nowata Nowata, OK $83 $54 91 min 15.3%
Ascension St John Sapulpa Sapulpa, OK $83 $54 136 min 14.5%
Share Medical Center Alva, OK $87 $25 141 min 15.2%
Arbuckle Memorial Hospital Sulphur, OK $88 $62 ★ 4/5 118 min 14.0%
Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Llc Oklahoma City, OK $91 $45 ★ 4/5 153 min 15.8%
Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, Llc Oklahoma City, OK $91 $45 ★ 5/5 141 min 14.2%
Lindsay Municipal Hospital Lindsay, OK $94 $26
McAlester Regional Health Center Mcalester, OK $98 $212 ★ 3/5 147 min 15.0%
Mercy Hospital Watonga, Inc Watonga, OK $151 $92 94 min

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$229
Cash / self-pay
$91
Insurer-negotiated
$54
Medicare pays
$26
$43$312
Median cash $91  ·  Medicare $26  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $91 — about 3.5× the Medicare rate ($26). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($52).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $229 list price could save about $138 (60%).

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