Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc in Louisiana

MS-DRG 025: Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc

$166,565typical hospital bill

$32,797typical amount paid

$28,288–$51,726range paid across 11 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $166,565 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Rapides Regional Medical Center	Alexandria	19	$315,928	$28,288
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center	Lafayette	33	$176,270	$29,003
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc	Lafayette	15	$109,475	$30,580
West Jefferson Medical Center	Marrero	12	$314,400	$31,500
Baton Rouge General Medical Center	Baton Rouge	13	$99,385	$32,252
Willis Knighton Medical Center	Shreveport	38	$160,190	$32,797
St Tammany Parish Hospital	Covington	12	$156,795	$34,060
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center	Baton Rouge	18	$119,416	$35,190
East Jefferson General Hospital	Metairie	17	$358,313	$37,524
Ochsner Medical Center Acute	New Orleans	34	$256,636	$45,150
Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport	Shreveport	37	$166,565	$51,726

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.