US Health Care Costs

Other Heart Assist System Implant in Louisiana

MS-DRG 215: Other heart assist system implant

$477,540average hospital bill
$70,780average amount paid

One Louisiana hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $477,540, about 6.7 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette13$477,540$70,780

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.