{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3009.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-3009.1","heading":"Personal injury suits – Medical bills - Evidence","body":"A. Upon the trial of any civil action arising from personal\n\ninjury, the actual amounts paid for any services in the treatment of\n\nthe injured party, including doctor bills, hospital bills, ambulance\n\nservice bills, drug and other prescription bills, and similar bills\n\nshall be the amounts admissible at trial, not the amounts billed for\n\nsuch expenses incurred in the treatment of the party. If, in\n\naddition to evidence of payment, a party submits a signed statement\n\nacknowledged by the medical provider or an authorized representative\n\nor sworn testimony that the provider will accept the amount paid as\n\nfull payment of the obligations, the statement or testimony shall be\n\nadmitted into evidence. The statement or testimony shall be part of\n\nthe record as an exhibit but need not be shown to the jury. If a\n\nmedical provider has filed a lien in the case for an amount in\n\nexcess of the amount paid, then the bills in excess of the amount\n\npaid, but not more than the amount of the lien, shall be admissible.\n\nB. If no payment has been made, the Medicare reimbursement\n\nrates in effect when the personal injury occurred, not the amounts\n\nbilled, shall be admissible if, in addition to evidence of\n\nnonpayment, a party submits a signed statement acknowledged by the\n\nmedical provider or an authorized representative or sworn testimony\n\nthat the provider will accept payment at the Medicare reimbursement\n\nrate less cost of recovery as provided in Medicare regulations as\n\nfull payment of the obligation. The statement or testimony shall be\n\nadmitted into evidence and shall be part of the record as an exhibit\n\nbut need not be shown to the jury. If a medical provider has filed\n\na lien in the case for an amount in excess of the Medicare rate,\n\nthen the bills in excess of the amount of the Medicare rate, but not\n\nmore than the amount of the lien, shall be admissible.\n\nC. If no bills have been paid, or no statement acknowledged by\n\nthe medical provider or sworn testimony as provided in subsections A\n\nand B of this section is provided to the opposing party and listed\n\nas an exhibit by the final pretrial hearing, then the amount billed\n\nshall be admissible at trial subject to the limitations regarding\n\nany lien filed in the case.\n\nD. This section shall apply to civil actions arising from\n\npersonal injury filed on or after November 1, 2015.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"756e39d16f9c9df194500baf2b998ef1dd69b9d5da8b832a4ef4c3623732722b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3009","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-3011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}