82/100
#302 nationally
Northeastern Health System
1400 East Downing Street, Tahlequah, OK 74465 · (918) 456-0641
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northeastern Health System billed $3.31 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 45
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in OK
- #7
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% 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 |
180 | $9,307 | $2,438 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
121 | $4,227 | $1,709 | -64% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $5,510 | $2,091 | -53% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $39,478 | $14,119 | -40% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $84,032 | $16,607 | about average |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $77,112 | $15,371 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $40,297 | $11,750 | -35% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $20,228 | $6,315 | -49% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $8,993 | $2,834 | -64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $21,802 | $9,224 | -50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,032 | $16,607 | about average |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,718 | $7,727 | -8% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$48,442 | $18,889 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,112 | $15,371 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,602 | $1,356 | -23% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$109,649 | $24,005 | -27% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$41,919 | $12,613 | -32% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,345 | $9,705 | -33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,110 | $5,248 | -71% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,400 | $2,891 | -69% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$45,317 | $25,554 | -69% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,215 | $5,843 | -68% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,993 | $2,834 | -64% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,227 | $1,709 | -64% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$13,418 | $6,726 | -64% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,483 | $2,944 | -63% |
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.