73/100
#549 nationally
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
180 West Esplanade Avenue, Kenner, LA 70065 · (504) 464-8065
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner billed $3.41 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 35
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #12
- 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 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% 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 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $6,129 | $1,588 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $9,599 | $2,301 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $43,169 | $15,939 | -34% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
56 | $26,377 | $10,265 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $6,427 | $1,373 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
33 | $61,668 | $9,080 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
32 | $26,511 | $2,633 | +39% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $19,827 | $8,778 | -52% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $20,120 | $4,383 | -27% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $21,218 | $6,946 | -29% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,511 | $2,633 | +39% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,036 | $2,742 | +8% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,011 | $5,806 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,507 | $1,636 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,668 | $9,080 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,814 | $10,683 | -22% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$24,348 | $7,414 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,843 | $1,725 | -24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$21,117 | $8,145 | -54% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$20,610 | $7,713 | -53% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,970 | $2,931 | -53% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$19,827 | $8,778 | -52% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$35,008 | $15,179 | -51% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,599 | $2,301 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,129 | $1,588 | -48% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,196 | $2,765 | -48% |
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.