82/100
#288 nationally
Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian Hospital
100 S Bliss Avenue, Tahlequah, OK 74464 · (918) 458-3100
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian Hospital billed $1.60 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 1.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 16
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OK
- #6
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $19,255 | $13,281 | -60% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $26,622 | $19,444 | -59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $20,481 | $13,628 | -53% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $16,477 | $8,962 | -48% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $19,741 | $16,826 | -64% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $13,264 | $8,714 | -57% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $15,814 | $8,972 | -47% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $22,077 | $14,067 | -53% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $33,993 | $11,142 | -13% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $25,742 | $9,879 | -22% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$33,993 | $11,142 | -13% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$25,742 | $9,879 | -22% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$28,616 | $12,595 | -40% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$15,814 | $8,972 | -47% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$16,477 | $8,962 | -48% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$22,077 | $14,067 | -53% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$20,481 | $13,628 | -53% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$13,264 | $8,714 | -57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$13,305 | $10,819 | -71% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$17,135 | $14,786 | -68% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$19,741 | $16,826 | -64% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$11,642 | $8,206 | -62% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$19,255 | $13,281 | -60% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$26,622 | $19,444 | -59% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$14,840 | $7,760 | -59% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$10,590 | $6,401 | -58% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.