US Health Care Costs

Touro Infirmary

1401 Foucher Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 · (504) 897-8247

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

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$21.5Mnet income, all sources
−13.8%margin on patient care alone
$4.4Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$5.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
254beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87151$124,742$14,045
Heart attack, with major complications 28034$79,513$12,979
Heart failure, with major complications 29133$74,343$10,466
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 27429$201,822$24,382
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48119$103,076$15,595
Anemia and blood disorders 81218$43,574$7,312
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64017$83,666$11,623
Coronary Bypass Without Cardiac Catheterization Without Mcc 23616$166,471$31,059
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28615$120,231$15,725
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$95,599$17,314
Urinary tract infection 69014$45,441$5,552
Respiratory failure 18913$82,470$9,859
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$66,261$10,825
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$102,153$11,558
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$50,792$7,419
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$69,438$13,356
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38912$49,796$6,561
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85312$154,096$30,281
Sepsis 87212$61,809$8,191
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$44,249$6,317
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$57,690$9,320
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