US Health Care Costs

Other circulation problems, with major complications in Louisiana

MS-DRG 314: Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc

$60,109typical hospital bill
$15,098typical amount paid
$12,455–$19,990range paid across 14 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $60,109 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport19$81,585$12,455
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette16$45,141$13,187
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette14$57,154$13,240
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux14$42,874$13,459
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria26$84,112$14,173
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles15$37,801$14,414
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge13$23,885$15,053
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe30$63,065$15,144
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport46$76,803$15,174
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe11$108,397$15,639
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge20$53,789$15,784
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles11$49,571$16,598
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie22$119,331$17,659
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans34$63,970$19,990

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.