Diabetes, with major complications in Louisiana

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$49,070typical hospital bill

$9,940typical amount paid

$9,055–$12,726range paid across 10 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,070 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc	Lafayette	14	$31,825	$9,055
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center	Lafayette	14	$32,121	$9,413
North Oaks Medical Center	Hammond	15	$78,231	$9,542
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System	Shreveport	14	$46,383	$9,692
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital	Alexandria	19	$62,032	$9,819
Baton Rouge General Medical Center	Baton Rouge	13	$18,625	$10,061
Willis Knighton Medical Center	Shreveport	28	$63,441	$10,899
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center	Baton Rouge	26	$47,762	$11,917
Fmol Health St Francis	Monroe	14	$68,355	$12,104
Ochsner Medical Center Acute	New Orleans	21	$50,378	$12,726

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.