US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in Louisiana

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$35,330typical hospital bill
$9,217typical amount paid
$7,485–$21,168range paid across 51 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $35,330 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Acadian Medical CenterEunice32$42,189$7,485
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma105$20,621$8,039
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell206$41,311$8,081
Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte32$35,330$8,082
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux97$40,108$8,122
Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia50$21,246$8,152
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe65$49,084$8,195
Caldwell Memorial Hospital, IncColumbia21$15,706$8,240
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington153$37,024$8,263
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston63$45,036$8,301
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette151$38,142$8,349
Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary46$21,022$8,373
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas49$27,072$8,375
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport237$43,215$8,643
The GeneralBaton Rouge14$14,682$8,697
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette268$29,372$8,711
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond175$82,984$8,713
Minden Medical CenterMinden48$33,929$8,766
West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur27$22,858$8,902
St Charles Parish HospitalLuling13$12,218$8,914
Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings49$27,723$9,057
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe165$47,835$9,112
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge130$25,508$9,132
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria112$70,389$9,162
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria174$46,145$9,163
St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette14$18,510$9,217
Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer26$27,686$9,233
Acadia General HospitalCrowley34$26,407$9,327
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero73$47,570$9,594
Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville57$72,785$9,618
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport395$46,694$9,676
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles99$38,664$9,769
Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder14$35,853$9,844
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge176$22,346$9,852
Our Lady of the Angels HospitalBogalusa12$19,729$9,852
Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale15$42,568$9,870
Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville27$28,108$9,882
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner56$26,377$10,265
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans33$74,343$10,466
Lasalle General HospitalJena12$31,220$10,689
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles127$39,883$10,864
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge298$29,130$10,923
Ochsner Lsu Health MonroeMonroe42$42,517$11,234
Desoto Regional Health SystemMansfield24$18,798$11,471
Citizens Medical CenterColumbia11$16,123$11,657
Ochsner St MaryMorgan City16$32,375$11,680
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie158$76,503$12,006
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans328$42,811$12,212
Ochsner Lsu Health ShreveportShreveport58$49,337$14,238
Ochsner University Hospital and ClinicsLafayette24$33,454$16,071
University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans53$72,058$21,168

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.