33/100
#1,795 nationally
Mercy Regional Medical Center
800 E Main, Ville Platte, LA 70586 · (337) 363-5684
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Regional Medical Center billed $6.31 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
- 19
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #43
- 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 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% 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 |
78 | $19,905 | $2,328 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $7,826 | $1,999 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $41,433 | $2,749 | +64% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $25,067 | $5,219 | -16% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $35,330 | $8,082 | -19% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
29 | $76,352 | $12,192 | +17% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $28,842 | $2,990 | +40% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $34,049 | $5,423 | +7% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $29,921 | $5,338 | -7% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $68,134 | $8,479 | +46% |
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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,433 | $2,749 | +64% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$68,134 | $8,479 | +46% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,842 | $2,990 | +40% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$76,352 | $12,192 | +17% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$64,021 | $10,905 | +16% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$33,672 | $5,813 | +10% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$34,049 | $5,423 | +7% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$39,615 | $6,368 | +7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,826 | $1,999 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,097 | $4,483 | -30% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$24,418 | $5,876 | -26% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$30,771 | $7,419 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$35,330 | $8,082 | -19% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$25,067 | $5,219 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,369 | $4,438 | -11% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$29,921 | $5,338 | -7% |
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.