US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Louisiana

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$34,012typical hospital bill
$7,141typical amount paid
$6,121–$12,395range paid across 30 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,012 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
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe26$35,835$6,121
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond28$57,004$6,393
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington51$39,877$6,480
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston15$41,160$6,562
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell45$33,382$6,638
Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia14$24,199$6,643
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette103$29,661$6,734
Minden Medical CenterMinden12$39,617$6,788
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria84$35,517$6,843
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport50$35,387$6,907
Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings14$19,518$6,937
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma13$20,819$6,980
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe70$40,174$6,993
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas12$26,015$7,023
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette95$35,431$7,134
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux23$40,461$7,148
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport102$41,701$7,311
Acadia General HospitalCrowley15$24,953$7,522
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge39$19,864$7,591
Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer11$21,301$7,688
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria28$83,621$7,703
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles35$29,865$7,831
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge18$27,095$8,063
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero14$35,281$8,071
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles28$34,643$8,249
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge65$27,494$8,288
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner30$19,827$8,778
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans81$33,292$8,921
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie33$66,465$9,588
Ochsner Lsu Health ShreveportShreveport14$33,040$12,395

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.