72/100
#584 nationally
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
17000 Medical Center Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 · (225) 752-2470
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge billed $3.78 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 51
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #13
- 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.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% 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 |
146 | $3,277 | $502 | +4% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
130 | $25,508 | $9,132 | -41% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $9,214 | $2,300 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
119 | $8,644 | $1,298 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $8,559 | $1,559 | -34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $34,884 | $12,817 | -47% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $10,362 | $1,629 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $17,007 | $2,702 | -33% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $46,925 | $10,625 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $18,495 | $4,317 | -33% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,277 | $502 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,384 | $4,893 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,764 | $1,359 | -4% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,362 | $1,629 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,175 | $5,787 | -11% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,272 | $5,821 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,644 | $1,298 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,275 | $2,640 | -15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$25,011 | $10,067 | -56% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$14,766 | $6,122 | -56% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,214 | $2,300 | -53% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$14,771 | $5,980 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,207 | $1,244 | -51% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$19,474 | $7,049 | -48% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$24,087 | $8,024 | -47% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$16,641 | $6,057 | -47% |
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.