US Health Care Costs

Ochsner Lsu Health Monroe

4864 Jackson Street, Monroe, LA 71202 · (318) 388-7000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$23.3Mnet income, all sources
−33.8%margin on patient care alone
$7.1Mcost of charity care (5.2% of costs)
$9.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
87beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Heart failure, with major complications 29142$42,517$11,234
Sepsis, with major complications 87141$63,562$15,957
Anemia and blood disorders 81226$36,174$9,219
Kidney failure, with complications 68325$26,465$8,956
Respiratory failure 18913$43,999$10,540
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$81,385$16,870
Kidney failure, with major complications 68211$33,547$11,832
Urinary tract infection 69011$29,339$8,384
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".