US Health Care Costs

Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital

1700 W Lindberg Drive, Slidell, LA 70458 · (985) 641-0600

General hospitalPhysicianNo emergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$168,883net income, all sources
−0.2%margin on patient care alone
$996,009unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
37beds

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

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
Cervical Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 47312$139,121$15,274
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46011$192,269$24,980
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