US Health Care Costs

Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

180 West Esplanade Avenue, Kenner, LA 70065 · (504) 464-8065

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$726,613net income, all sources
−4.2%margin on patient care alone
$6.1Mcost of charity care (3.4% of costs)
$10.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
117beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending April 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
Sepsis, with major complications 87175$43,169$15,939
Heart failure, with major complications 29156$26,377$10,265
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37830$19,827$8,778
Urinary tract infection 69027$21,218$6,946
Respiratory failure 18926$29,939$11,013
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$39,339$12,918
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$17,986$6,944
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64018$27,988$10,915
Kidney failure, with complications 68318$19,152$8,037
Pneumonia, with major complications 19316$26,951$10,920
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37715$35,008$15,179
Pneumonia, with complications 19414$24,348$7,414
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$34,254$13,063
Sepsis 87214$20,966$8,007
Heart attack, with complications 28113$20,610$7,713
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69813$34,040$11,942
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$21,117$8,145
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$32,773$12,355
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".