US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Louisiana

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$25,606typical hospital bill
$6,327typical amount paid
$4,854–$16,146range paid across 46 hospitals

Louisiana hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,606 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 CenterEunice24$29,360$4,854
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe19$34,446$5,087
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma30$17,838$5,198
Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte33$25,067$5,219
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux45$25,949$5,230
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell64$28,709$5,247
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport70$25,949$5,401
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington43$25,130$5,435
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette105$22,699$5,456
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette91$26,378$5,542
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston25$29,949$5,550
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans14$45,441$5,552
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond53$48,107$5,663
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe68$31,894$5,665
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas17$14,143$5,709
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria53$25,397$5,711
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge17$16,287$5,768
Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings20$12,748$5,870
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge19$23,158$6,055
Acadia General HospitalCrowley20$25,594$6,130
Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville17$37,990$6,221
Winn Parish Medical CenterWinnfield19$18,383$6,266
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport217$30,992$6,280
Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer34$13,855$6,374
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria32$50,356$6,402
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles45$25,579$6,416
Sabine Medical CenterMany15$15,098$6,447
Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville19$25,730$6,510
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero32$33,036$6,529
Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches11$14,309$6,631
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles15$25,619$6,635
Avoyelles HospitalMarksville40$20,073$6,646
Springhill Medical CenterSpringhill14$11,422$6,683
Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder19$26,995$6,755
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner27$21,218$6,946
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge41$28,020$6,999
Lasalle General HospitalJena19$27,651$7,168
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie85$49,604$7,253
East Carroll Parish HospitalLake Providence13$8,635$7,275
Citizens Medical CenterColumbia24$11,550$7,342
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans100$28,962$7,365
Richardson Medical CenterRayville25$14,416$7,396
Franklin Medical CenterWinnsboro23$12,177$7,852
Ochsner Lsu Health MonroeMonroe11$29,339$8,384
Ochsner University Hospital and ClinicsLafayette13$22,639$14,202
University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans14$40,775$16,146

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.