Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital

651 North Bolton Ave, Alexandria, LA 71301 · (318) 449-6400

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital billed $11.95 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 27 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 12.0x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 27; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #56; 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 0.6/35

Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 2.9/25

Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 4.3/30

Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.1/10

Better than 21% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	753	$23,456	$1,933	+100%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	249	$138,736	$10,441	+122%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	125	$20,977	$1,640	+85%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	124	$67,895	$5,995	+70%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	110	$22,815	$1,613	+94%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	104	$37,158	$2,764	+82%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	90	$19,680	$1,748	+52%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	86	$162,359	$15,933	+96%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	84	$21,233	$1,378	+89%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit	78	$50,933	$4,357	+110%

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
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay	$293,603	$22,546	+171%
Level 3 ENT Procedures APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,223	$1,145	+122%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	$138,736	$10,441	+122%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	$50,730	$2,995	+118%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit	$50,933	$4,357	+110%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$23,456	$1,933	+100%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications) MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay	$157,981	$12,094	+98%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	$162,359	$15,933	+96%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit	$37,205	$5,926	-3%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit	$22,408	$3,242	about average
Level 4 ENT Procedures APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit	$19,207	$2,787	about average
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit	$22,069	$2,323	+25%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit	$28,001	$2,882	+36%
Level 5 ENT Procedures APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit	$46,980	$5,070	+37%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit	$29,216	$3,333	+41%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$52,171	$4,995	+49%

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 Alexandria

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

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The record

CMS provider number: 190298
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Proprietary
Emergency department: No
Setting: Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

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