Ochsner Medical Center Acute

1516 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121 · (504) 842-3000

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ochsner Medical Center Acute billed $5.43 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 188 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 5.4x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 188; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #41; lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars: 4/5; 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 13.9/35

Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 7.5/25

Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 11.5/30

Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.5/10

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
Level 2 Urology and Related Services APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit	885	$3,680	$550	+17%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	829	$12,334	$2,239	-37%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	626	$18,404	$1,911	+57%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	478	$7,676	$1,272	-24%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	473	$10,971	$1,641	-15%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	399	$67,080	$17,956	about average
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	391	$14,265	$1,577	+26%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	330	$8,611	$1,553	-27%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	328	$42,811	$12,212	about average
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	313	$84,377	$10,787	+35%

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 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit	$33,256	$1,943	+130%
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit	$131,468	$8,217	+120%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit	$42,724	$2,634	+110%
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay	$172,263	$20,323	+107%
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay	$231,784	$32,796	+101%
Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 580 · Inpatient stay	$165,734	$27,600	+101%
Level 3 ENT Procedures APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,795	$994	+100%
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit	$59,972	$4,135	+100%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay	$35,401	$15,855	-53%
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay	$77,185	$29,552	-50%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay	$51,868	$18,976	-46%
Pleural Effusion with Complications MS-DRG 187 · Inpatient stay	$30,460	$8,850	-45%
Level 7 Radiation Therapy APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit	$32,975	$5,996	-44%
Pneumothorax with Complications MS-DRG 200 · Inpatient stay	$27,162	$9,738	-43%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay	$14,000	$5,880	-42%
Minor Skin Disorders without Major Complications MS-DRG 607 · Inpatient stay	$22,370	$8,241	-41%

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 New Orleans

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: 190036
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.