East Jefferson General Hospital

4200 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006 · (504) 988-5263

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, East Jefferson General Hospital billed $10.19 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 133 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 10.2x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 133; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #57; lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars: 2/5; 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 2.8/35

Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 2.1/25

Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 2.9/30

Better than 10% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.2/10

Better than 13% 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	711	$24,201	$2,293	+25%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	254	$38,685	$2,702	+53%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	228	$136,983	$17,389	+110%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	192	$19,661	$1,352	+95%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit	178	$51,619	$4,841	+49%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit	164	$116,014	$9,220	+71%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	158	$76,503	$12,006	+76%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit	149	$55,505	$3,389	+169%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	147	$50,991	$2,628	+167%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	142	$26,580	$1,577	+106%

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 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit	$56,423	$1,979	+290%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$44,602	$1,864	+279%
Extracranial Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay	$235,229	$12,925	+250%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	$62,642	$2,648	+245%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	$73,385	$2,930	+216%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	$62,619	$2,422	+207%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit	$70,323	$3,077	+195%
Stroke (severe) MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay	$212,277	$21,159	+178%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Coagulation Disorders MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay	$64,809	$13,043	-3%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay	$67,188	$12,281	+19%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated) MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay	$30,102	$5,301	+20%
Heart Failure (with complications) MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay	$40,403	$7,969	+22%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$24,201	$2,293	+25%
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay	$51,550	$7,333	+25%
Fainting MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay	$47,822	$7,919	+31%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit	$4,113	$410	+31%

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.

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Ochsner University Hospital And Clinics
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A
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
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A
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2.7x · Winnsboro, LA
A
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
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A
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The record

CMS provider number: 190176
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.