North Oaks Medical Center

15790 Paul Vega Md Drive, Hammond, LA 70403 · (985) 345-2700

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, North Oaks Medical Center billed $10.06 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 69 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 10.1x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 69; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #55; 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 2.5/35

Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 2.0/25

Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 5.1/30

Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.4/10

Better than 34% 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	436	$34,305	$2,267	+77%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	296	$111,496	$12,854	+71%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	175	$82,984	$8,713	+91%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	87	$35,519	$2,629	+41%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	81	$15,893	$1,337	+58%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	69	$17,753	$1,637	+37%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe) MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay	67	$65,257	$7,485	+60%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit	63	$15,587	$1,413	+37%
Sepsis (without major complications) MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay	61	$65,451	$7,501	+67%
Pneumonia (severe) MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay	53	$85,912	$8,921	+84%

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 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit	$147,091	$8,889	+186%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit	$229,430	$14,212	+140%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit	$155,874	$8,670	+130%
COPD (severe) MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay	$93,344	$7,287	+123%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	$24,559	$1,608	+116%
Skin Infection (without major complications) MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay	$63,872	$5,876	+109%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit	$69,720	$4,536	+101%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay	$172,074	$13,620	+101%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,787	$1,584	+9%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit	$30,460	$4,237	+11%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay	$62,963	$9,288	+12%
Stroke (uncomplicated) MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay	$40,887	$5,250	+14%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit	$27,030	$3,118	+19%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,026	$1,282	+25%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit	$22,751	$2,366	+29%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay	$114,549	$14,128	+30%

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
2.4x · Lafayette, LA
A
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
2.5x · Sulphur, LA
A
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2.7x · Winnsboro, LA
A
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
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A
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A
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The record

CMS provider number: 190015
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Government - Hospital District or Authority
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.