US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Louisiana

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$79,236typical hospital bill
$14,471typical amount paid
$12,916–$17,921range paid across 22 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $79,236 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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 Monroe12$74,855$12,916
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma11$35,415$13,087
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux20$71,403$13,255
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell21$67,609$13,524
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport29$100,963$13,595
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond13$172,074$13,620
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington20$102,500$13,996
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria19$87,735$14,167
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe65$60,287$14,185
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette40$50,612$14,412
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette37$98,286$14,434
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles32$65,085$14,509
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport79$83,618$14,575
Acadia General HospitalCrowley11$48,705$14,776
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria30$188,490$14,807
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge13$64,640$15,177
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge19$55,804$15,390
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge41$58,173$16,234
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans14$95,599$17,314
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles28$121,670$17,647
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie25$154,754$17,692
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans38$131,199$17,921

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.