Ungraded
#5 nationally
Citizens Medical Center
7939 U S Hwy 165 South, Columbia, LA 71418 · (318) 649-6106
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Citizens Medical Center billed $1.78 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
- 1.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 6
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #1
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $6,322 | $2,329 | -67% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $11,550 | $7,342 | -61% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $11,005 | $7,211 | -64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $16,123 | $11,657 | -63% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $10,313 | $7,240 | -68% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $25,369 | $17,853 | -61% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$25,369 | $17,853 | -61% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$11,550 | $7,342 | -61% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$16,123 | $11,657 | -63% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$11,005 | $7,211 | -64% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,322 | $2,329 | -67% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$10,313 | $7,240 | -68% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$10,313 | $7,240 | -68% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,322 | $2,329 | -67% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$11,005 | $7,211 | -64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$16,123 | $11,657 | -63% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$11,550 | $7,342 | -61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$25,369 | $17,853 | -61% |
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.