Ochsner Lsu Health Monroe

4864 Jackson Street, Monroe, LA 71202 · (318) 388-7000

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ochsner Lsu Health Monroe billed $4.32 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 16 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 4.3x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 16; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #27; 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.

Inpatient charge markup 18.8/35

Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.7/25

Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 16.5/30

Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.0/10

Better than 80% 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	75	$12,500	$2,252	-36%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	55	$14,304	$1,894	+22%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	42	$42,517	$11,234	about average
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	41	$63,562	$15,957	about average
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit	28	$21,527	$4,752	-38%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay	26	$36,174	$9,219	about average
Kidney Failure (with complications) MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay	25	$26,465	$8,956	-20%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	19	$32,577	$4,797	-7%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	16	$20,301	$2,650	+6%
Respiratory Failure MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay	13	$43,999	$10,540	-9%

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 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,304	$1,894	+22%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$20,301	$2,650	+6%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications) MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay	$29,339	$8,384	about average
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	$42,517	$11,234	about average
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications) MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay	$81,385	$16,870	about average
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	$63,562	$15,957	about average
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay	$36,174	$9,219	about average
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit	$19,561	$3,144	-5%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit	$21,527	$4,752	-38%
Kidney Failure (severe) MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay	$33,547	$11,832	-37%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,500	$2,252	-36%
Kidney Failure (with complications) MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay	$26,465	$8,956	-20%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit	$7,543	$1,332	-12%
Respiratory Failure MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay	$43,999	$10,540	-9%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	$9,197	$1,348	-9%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$32,577	$4,797	-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.

Lower markups near Monroe

B
Ochsner University Hospital And Clinics
2.4x · Lafayette, LA
A
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
2.5x · Sulphur, LA
A
Franklin Medical Center
2.7x · Winnsboro, LA
A
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
2.8x · Jennings, LA
A
Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton Rouge
2.9x · Baton Rouge, LA
A
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
3.0x · Homer, LA

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The record

CMS provider number: 190011
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.