CostGrade
F

17/100

#2,244 nationally

Hillcrest Medical Center

1120 South Utica Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74104 · (918) 579-1000

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hillcrest Medical Center billed $8.27 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
8.3x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
160
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in OK
#47
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.

Inpatient charge markup 3.7/35

Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 4.7/25

Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 5.5/30

Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.5/10

Better than 35% 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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

371 $132,579 $15,268 +103%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

293 $30,387 $2,797 +20%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

243 $32,980 $2,728 +73%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

237 $163,549 $20,185 +23%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

198 $15,037 $1,379 +49%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

189 $34,732 $2,328 +79%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

150 $24,497 $1,631 +108%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

147 $122,066 $13,398 +99%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

126 $82,509 $9,335 +22%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

117 $85,138 $10,482 +96%

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
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$157,718 $14,220 +174%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,562 $1,462 +151%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$111,479 $10,470 +135%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$40,801 $2,423 +131%
Complex GI Procedures

APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit

$66,924 $4,747 +123%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,726 $3,300 +118%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,867 $1,260 +113%
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit

$63,505 $4,285 +112%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Major Complications

MS-DRG 085 · Inpatient stay

$86,540 $17,083 -11%
Back Problems (without major complications)

MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay

$40,325 $7,454 +3%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay

$250,778 $47,028 +4%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay

$41,393 $8,145 +7%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications

MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay

$60,591 $10,403 +7%
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay

$208,975 $30,561 +9%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

$104,099 $14,571 +9%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 661 · Inpatient stay

$51,395 $9,296 +9%

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.