54/100
#1,136 nationally
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
1701 Oak Park Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70601 · (337) 494-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lake Charles Memorial Hospital billed $4.79 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
- 4.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 86
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #30
- 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 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% 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 |
415 | $14,555 | $2,326 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $7,289 | $1,370 | -28% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
224 | $57,218 | $14,220 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
164 | $17,501 | $2,768 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $57,957 | $11,201 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $17,288 | $2,399 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
99 | $38,664 | $9,769 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $15,967 | $2,734 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $40,419 | $4,949 | +15% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $39,352 | $6,031 | about average |
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 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,099 | $2,968 | +47% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,009 | $8,827 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,923 | $5,450 | +26% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,818 | $2,684 | +22% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,641 | $2,959 | +19% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$36,919 | $6,574 | +16% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,792 | $4,438 | +16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,419 | $4,949 | +15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$37,801 | $14,414 | -52% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$19,055 | $5,685 | -47% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$44,196 | $14,590 | -45% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$41,934 | $14,280 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,276 | $1,456 | -45% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$39,184 | $12,358 | -45% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,371 | $5,871 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,717 | $8,952 | -42% |
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.