CostGrade
A

81/100

#317 nationally

Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

620 East College Street, Homer, LA 71040 · (318) 927-2024

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Claiborne Memorial Medical Center billed $3.01 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
3.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
12
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA
#5
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
1/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 25.8/35

Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.6/25

Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 25.4/30

Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.3/10

Better than 83% 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
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

130 $8,677 $2,276 -55%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

34 $13,855 $6,374 -53%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

33 $41,198 $10,205 -12%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

26 $27,686 $9,233 -36%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

24 $29,234 $12,840 -47%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

23 $25,942 $6,658 -18%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

20 $28,743 $8,929 -29%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

20 $33,752 $15,295 -48%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

19 $29,152 $8,785 -30%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

15 $13,035 $6,420 -60%

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
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$41,198 $10,205 -12%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$25,942 $6,658 -18%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$28,743 $8,929 -29%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$29,152 $8,785 -30%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$27,686 $9,233 -36%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$21,188 $8,224 -46%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$29,234 $12,840 -47%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$33,752 $15,295 -48%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$13,035 $6,420 -60%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,677 $2,276 -55%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$13,855 $6,374 -53%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

$21,301 $7,688 -48%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$33,752 $15,295 -48%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$29,234 $12,840 -47%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$21,188 $8,224 -46%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$27,686 $9,233 -36%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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