89/100
#102 nationally
Mcalester Regional Health Center
One Clark Bass Boulevard, Mcalester, OK 74501 · (918) 426-1800
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mcalester Regional Health Center billed $2.50 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
- 2.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 34
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OK
- #2
- 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 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $11,808 | $2,477 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
124 | $34,867 | $15,783 | -47% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $32,243 | $14,925 | -60% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $12,765 | $2,931 | -49% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $24,697 | $10,679 | -43% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $38,872 | $11,102 | -17% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $19,049 | $8,850 | -51% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $14,729 | $6,366 | -63% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $20,168 | $10,103 | -58% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $9,490 | $3,073 | -59% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$38,872 | $11,102 | -17% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$44,431 | $15,274 | -19% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$36,194 | $13,268 | -32% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,808 | $2,477 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,459 | $2,899 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,813 | $1,475 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$24,697 | $10,679 | -43% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$18,284 | $7,896 | -45% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,256 | $4,706 | -77% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,976 | $1,731 | -75% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,638 | $3,171 | -73% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$17,025 | $13,033 | -70% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,375 | $2,944 | -69% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$9,601 | $6,649 | -69% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,503 | $4,986 | -67% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,393 | $1,852 | -66% |
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.