Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-725.11: Definitions

As used in this act:

1. “Ancillary service” means a hospital item or service that a

hospital customarily provides as part of a shoppable service;

2. “Chargemaster” means the list of all hospital items or

services maintained by a hospital for which the hospital has

established a charge;

3. “De-identified maximum negotiated charge” means the highest

charge that a hospital has negotiated with all third-party payors

for a hospital item or service;

4. “De-identified minimum negotiated charge” means the lowest

charge that a hospital has negotiated with all third-party payors

for a hospital item or service;

5. “Department” means the State Department of Health;

6. “Discounted cash price” means the charge that applies to an

individual who pays cash, or a cash equivalent, for a hospital item

or service;

7. “Gross charge” means the charge for a hospital item or

service that is reflected on a hospital’s chargemaster, absent any

discounts;

8. “Hospital” means a hospital:

a. licensed under Section 1-702 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, or

b. owned or operated by a state agency;

9. “Hospital items or services” means all items and services,

including individual items and services and service packages, that

may be provided by a hospital to a patient in connection with an

inpatient admission or an outpatient department visit, as

applicable, for which the hospital has established a standard

charge, including:

a. supplies and procedures,

b. room and board,

c. use of the facility and other areas, generally

referred to as facility fees,

d. services of physicians and non-physician

practitioners, generally referred to as professional

charges, and

e. any other item or service for which a hospital has

established a standard charge;

10. “Machine-readable format” means a digital representation of

information in a file that can be imported or read into a computer

system for further processing. The term includes Extensible Markup

Language (.XML), JavaScript Object Notation (.JSON), and Comma-

Separated Values (.CSV) formats;

11. “Payor-specific negotiated charge” means the charge that a

hospital has negotiated with a third-party payor for a hospital item

or service;

12. “Service package” means an aggregation of individual

hospital items or services into a single service with a single

charge;

13. “Shoppable service” means a service that may be scheduled

by a health care consumer in advance;

14. “Standard charge” means the regular rate established by the

hospital for a hospital item or service provided to a specific group

of paying patients. The term includes all of the following, as

defined under this section:

a. the gross charge,

b. the payor-specific negotiated charge,

c. the de-identified minimum negotiated charge,

d. the de-identified maximum negotiated charge, and

e. the discounted cash price; and

15. “Third-party payor” means an entity that is, by statute,

contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim

for a hospital item or service.