25/100
#2,018 nationally
Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital
524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601 · (337) 436-2511
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital billed $6.32 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
- 6.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 59
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #49
- 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 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% 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 |
240 | $63,450 | $15,946 | about average |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $162,096 | $20,040 | +22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $39,883 | $10,864 | -8% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $18,473 | $2,288 | -5% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $130,756 | $11,081 | +109% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $69,208 | $6,030 | +74% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $185,018 | $26,589 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $16,587 | $1,334 | +65% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
58 | $33,760 | $8,734 | -14% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $48,273 | $12,228 | -9% |
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 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$292,475 | $15,953 | +252% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$376,322 | $46,939 | +160% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,677 | $1,656 | +153% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,504 | $2,968 | +130% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,306 | $2,777 | +127% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$254,330 | $26,560 | +126% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,449 | $2,800 | +124% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$130,756 | $11,081 | +109% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,865 | $1,747 | -55% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$49,571 | $16,598 | -37% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$26,152 | $6,596 | -37% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$29,023 | $8,605 | -36% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$36,692 | $13,835 | -33% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$29,310 | $7,984 | -25% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$38,817 | $9,888 | -18% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$30,576 | $7,499 | -18% |
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.