Avala

67252 Industry Lane, Covington, LA 70433 · (985) 809-9888

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Avala billed $6.36 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

See all 14 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 6.4x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 14; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #38; lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars: Not rated; shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 7.0/35

Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 11.0/25

Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 11.4/30

Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.4/10

Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure	Patients	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	201	$71,150	$11,135	+14%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	134	$40,684	$6,060	about average
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	75	$14,028	$1,636	+24%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	65	$23,987	$2,742	+18%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	59	$13,210	$1,974	+12%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay	58	$161,630	$29,007	-9%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	55	$16,145	$1,361	+44%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay	43	$107,717	$15,146	+19%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	23	$75,528	$15,754	-9%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit	19	$18,615	$3,444	-10%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	$16,145	$1,361	+44%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit	$33,967	$3,229	+42%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,028	$1,636	+24%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay	$107,717	$15,146	+19%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	$23,987	$2,742	+18%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	$71,150	$11,135	+14%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$13,210	$1,974	+12%
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit	$15,191	$1,979	+5%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit	$18,615	$3,444	-10%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	$75,528	$15,754	-9%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay	$161,630	$29,007	-9%
Single Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical MS-DRG 402 · Inpatient stay	$134,914	$24,238	-5%
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without MS-DRG 428 · Inpatient stay	$219,818	$34,087	about average
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	$40,684	$6,060	about average
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit	$15,191	$1,979	+5%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$13,210	$1,974	+12%

What this page cannot tell you

It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.

Lower markups near Covington

B
Ochsner University Hospital And Clinics
2.4x · Lafayette, LA
A
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
2.5x · Sulphur, LA
A
Franklin Medical Center
2.7x · Winnsboro, LA
A
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
2.8x · Jennings, LA
A
Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton Rouge
2.9x · Baton Rouge, LA
A
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
3.0x · Homer, LA

Compare with Ochsner University Hospital...

The record

CMS provider number: 190267
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Physician
Emergency department: No
Setting: Secondary flow 30% to <50% to a larger urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.