Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital

4200 Nelson Road, Lake Charles, LA 70605 · (337) 474-6370

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital billed $12.82 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 16 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 12.8x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 16; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #53; 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 15.3/35

Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 2.0/25

Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 2.2/30

Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 0.2/10

Better than 2% 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 4 Urology and Related Services APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit	75	$41,318	$2,898	+100%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	72	$42,649	$1,702	+230%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit	53	$43,702	$4,347	+59%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	32	$80,036	$6,010	+101%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	31	$12,830	$1,362	+27%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	30	$55,165	$4,725	+57%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	29	$18,812	$2,299	-3%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	22	$34,240	$1,622	+202%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	19	$44,753	$2,516	+146%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	16	$55,529	$2,719	+173%

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 Vascular Procedures APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit	$43,094	$1,346	+403%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	$42,649	$1,702	+230%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	$34,240	$1,622	+202%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	$55,529	$2,719	+173%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	$44,753	$2,516	+146%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	$48,551	$2,906	+109%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	$80,036	$6,010	+101%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit	$41,318	$2,898	+100%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$18,812	$2,299	-3%
Sepsis (without major complications) MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay	$43,428	$10,109	+11%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,830	$1,362	+27%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$55,165	$4,725	+57%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit	$43,702	$4,347	+59%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	$142,766	$15,624	+72%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	$119,010	$11,044	+91%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$37,443	$2,678	+96%

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 Lake Charles

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: 190201
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency department: Yes
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.