US Health Care Costs

Fainting in Louisiana

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$30,908typical hospital bill
$6,408typical amount paid
$5,763–$10,370range paid across 18 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,908 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell35$32,417$5,763
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette21$24,272$5,845
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport29$31,440$5,850
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond16$52,302$5,875
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington19$25,992$5,883
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette67$27,777$5,942
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria36$22,916$6,141
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma18$16,840$6,217
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria27$56,934$6,285
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe22$36,284$6,531
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport51$31,994$6,538
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles15$27,400$6,950
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles13$31,226$7,084
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge25$15,239$7,104
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge17$30,590$7,743
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie22$47,822$7,919
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans27$35,698$8,756
Ochsner Lsu Health ShreveportShreveport14$27,067$10,370

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.