US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Louisiana

MS-DRG 698: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc

$48,592typical hospital bill
$11,674typical amount paid
$9,041–$27,025range paid across 25 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,592 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 Monroe15$75,048$9,041
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell30$46,368$9,414
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma15$28,334$9,844
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux19$48,592$10,010
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington32$45,371$10,036
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge14$25,011$10,067
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond34$79,252$10,262
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette34$47,624$10,351
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette72$37,420$10,524
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport37$62,547$10,666
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero21$46,637$10,795
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria43$55,216$11,409
Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings14$36,681$11,674
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner13$34,040$11,942
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria42$149,774$11,975
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport110$61,584$12,036
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe67$68,843$12,350
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles14$47,395$12,399
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge47$32,812$12,721
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles23$60,152$13,597
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge65$49,905$14,851
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie36$115,031$15,348
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans63$56,981$15,851
Ochsner Lsu Health ShreveportShreveport14$42,441$17,617
University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans13$92,473$27,025

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.