37/100
#1,685 nationally
Minden Medical Center
No 1 Medical Plaza, Minden, LA 71055 · (318) 377-2321
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Minden Medical Center billed $6.14 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
- 6.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 23
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #39
- 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.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% 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 |
143 | $20,504 | $2,298 | +6% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $33,929 | $8,766 | -22% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $53,954 | $14,173 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $40,647 | $2,740 | +61% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $133,505 | $8,927 | +97% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $16,079 | $1,885 | +37% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $39,829 | $9,297 | -15% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $20,556 | $6,308 | -38% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $26,388 | $5,851 | -14% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $28,898 | $10,836 | -47% |
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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$133,505 | $8,927 | +97% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$110,428 | $10,410 | +77% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,647 | $2,740 | +61% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,489 | $6,006 | +44% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,387 | $2,676 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,079 | $1,885 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,198 | $2,573 | +9% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,504 | $2,298 | +6% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$28,898 | $10,836 | -47% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$35,334 | $10,806 | -42% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$20,556 | $6,308 | -38% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$38,332 | $11,229 | -28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$33,929 | $8,766 | -22% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$25,540 | $6,198 | -21% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$33,552 | $8,115 | -18% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$53,954 | $14,173 | -17% |
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.