Oklahoma hospital charges patients almost 10 times cost of care, report says

By comparison, the researchers said, a typical U.S. hospital charges 3.4 times the cost of patient care.

The southeast Oklahoma facility charges rates 9.8 times “ the actual cost of patient care . ” As the story notes:

The Medical Center of Southeast Oklahoma is among 50 hospitals across the United States that have the “highest markup of all 5,000 hospitals in the United States,” Gerard Anderson, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told the Post for their story . Anderson was co-author of the study published Monday that explores hospitals with the highest charge-to-cost ratios.

A Durant hospital charges uninsured patients almost 10 times the actual cost of their medical care, the Washington Post reports .

The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma is a 148-bed facility, largely for residents in Bryan, Choctaw, Atoka, Johnston and Marshall Counties.

The hospital “offers a full range of medical services and procedures to patients in the region and is one of the largest tax-paying entities in Bryan County with a total economic impact exceeding $85 million,” according to its website.

“One of our fundamental values at Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma is our commitment to our local community,” the hospital notes.

The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma was specifically mentioned in 2013 in a CBS News’ 60 Minutes report about the cost of health care.