Ochsner Rush Hospital

1314 19th Ave, Meridian, MS 39301 · (601) 483-0011

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

The money

$31what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$2.6Mnet income, all sources

−4.0%margin on patient care alone

$8.0Mcost of charity care (5.1% of costs)

$9.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

191beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	128	$34,746	$13,500
Respiratory failure 189	56	$35,741	$9,353
Heart failure, with major complications 291	45	$23,999	$9,753
Heart attack, with major complications 280	41	$26,559	$10,988
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	29	$17,474	$7,486
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	27	$24,478	$10,784
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	26	$73,326	$29,522
Kidney failure, with complications 683	25	$14,318	$7,098
Heart stent 322	22	$42,714	$13,318
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	19	$43,582	$14,828
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	19	$19,866	$8,512
Lung infection, with major complications 177	18	$40,609	$12,194
Heart attack, with complications 281	18	$18,001	$7,253
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	18	$23,170	$9,651
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	18	$12,109	$6,266
COPD, with major complications 190	17	$32,614	$7,849
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	16	$54,156	$19,458
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	15	$30,255	$9,669
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	15	$35,916	$11,683
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	14	$14,749	$6,254
Bowel surgery, with major complications 329	14	$90,456	$32,595
Hip or knee replacement 470	14	$47,233	$13,302
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	14	$39,910	$14,734
Diabetes, with major complications 637	14	$20,875	$10,512
Pneumonia, with complications 194	13	$15,955	$6,636
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	13	$17,278	$9,126
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 480	13	$48,426	$19,775
Sepsis 872	13	$16,421	$7,834
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 208	12	$70,122	$21,467
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	11	$44,093	$12,561
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	11	$17,641	$6,463

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