US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in Louisiana

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$57,218typical hospital bill
$14,045typical amount paid
$11,835–$29,375range paid across 51 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,218 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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 CenterEunice40$60,188$11,835
Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary68$34,618$11,904
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell168$69,851$11,948
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe134$82,138$11,956
St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette15$22,903$12,016
Savoy Medical CenterMamou14$44,186$12,039
Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte29$76,352$12,192
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston45$67,393$12,240
Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia108$38,555$12,454
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington131$62,168$12,504
West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur78$30,231$12,521
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas159$45,931$12,598
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge77$34,884$12,817
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux78$59,479$12,834
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond296$111,496$12,854
The GeneralBaton Rouge34$21,108$12,858
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport291$76,887$12,923
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma119$45,269$12,994
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette328$68,587$13,071
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette350$47,681$13,184
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe346$64,055$13,210
Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings94$29,688$13,524
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria453$131,175$13,570
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria418$76,108$13,626
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport753$72,561$13,940
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans51$124,742$14,045
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero76$68,444$14,154
Minden Medical CenterMinden38$53,954$14,173
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles224$57,218$14,220
Acadia General HospitalCrowley56$45,926$14,240
Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder45$44,295$14,302
Morehouse General HospitalBastrop13$23,307$14,388
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge439$33,845$14,616
Winn Parish Medical CenterWinnfield20$33,496$14,677
Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville42$95,644$14,945
Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer20$33,752$15,295
Our Lady of the Angels HospitalBogalusa46$36,662$15,361
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge422$48,973$15,907
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner75$43,169$15,939
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles240$63,450$15,946
Ochsner Lsu Health MonroeMonroe41$63,562$15,957
Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches49$33,895$16,023
Franklin Medical CenterWinnsboro15$25,606$16,846
Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma19$26,595$17,388
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie228$136,983$17,389
Citizens Medical CenterColumbia11$25,369$17,853
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans399$67,080$17,956
Ochsner St MaryMorgan City30$62,710$18,525
Ochsner Lsu Health ShreveportShreveport70$89,454$25,295
Ochsner University Hospital and ClinicsLafayette42$60,135$28,353
University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans50$94,593$29,375

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.