CostGrade
C

56/100

#1,079 nationally

Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport

1541 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130 · (318) 675-5058

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport billed $3.73 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
3.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
73
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA
#28
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 23.9/35

Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.2/25

Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 15.2/30

Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.0/10

Better than 50% 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

226 $13,748 $2,260 -29%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

145 $2,541 $559 -19%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

134 $13,244 $1,171 +16%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

124 $13,134 $1,925 +12%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

72 $17,407 $2,650 -9%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

71 $19,657 $3,057 -13%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

71 $7,789 $1,693 -40%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

70 $89,454 $25,295 +37%
Level 5 ENT Procedures

APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit

66 $32,268 $4,540 -6%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

64 $23,988 $10,886 -36%

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 ENT Procedures

APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,369 $1,179 +62%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$55,980 $4,340 +55%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$250,139 $67,309 +41%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$89,454 $25,295 +37%
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma

MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay

$246,174 $76,181 +37%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

$32,536 $3,169 +36%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,848 $2,362 +35%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

$112,228 $25,245 +35%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 7 Radiation Therapy

APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,910 $6,474 -68%
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal

MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay

$132,013 $51,638 -42%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,789 $1,693 -40%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours

MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay

$69,296 $27,625 -39%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$47,661 $20,958 -38%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,985 $4,752 -37%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

$23,988 $10,886 -36%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay

$29,517 $12,346 -33%

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