76/100
#448 nationally
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
8585 Picardy Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 · (225) 387-7767
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baton Rouge General Medical Center billed $3.33 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.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 106
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #10
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
439 | $33,845 | $14,616 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
423 | $10,231 | $2,253 | -47% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $19,297 | $2,711 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
176 | $22,346 | $9,852 | -49% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $26,249 | $4,729 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $7,182 | $1,354 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $15,059 | $2,655 | -21% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $13,967 | $2,880 | -32% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $10,415 | $1,683 | -19% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
92 | $95,922 | $35,102 | -46% |
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 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,575 | $26,005 | about average |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,802 | $7,737 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$128,164 | $19,898 | -3% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$176,208 | $35,409 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,908 | $1,345 | -8% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$115,563 | $24,504 | -11% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,067 | $10,159 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,905 | $2,801 | -14% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$15,666 | $10,820 | -73% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$23,885 | $15,053 | -69% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$24,557 | $13,235 | -68% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$18,625 | $10,061 | -67% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$18,852 | $10,681 | -67% |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay |
$29,018 | $15,971 | -66% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$24,107 | $11,546 | -66% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$14,826 | $8,409 | -65% |
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.