CostGrade
A

85/100

#194 nationally

Ochsner Rush Hospital

1314 19Th Ave, Meridian, MS 39301 · (601) 483-0011

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ochsner Rush Hospital billed $3.07 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
3.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
59
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MS
#7
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 27.0/35

Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.9/25

Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 27.0/30

Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.2/10

Better than 92% 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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

128 $34,746 $13,500 -47%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

103 $36,137 $10,788 -42%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

87 $15,383 $4,547 -57%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

87 $2,302 $561 -27%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

83 $4,591 $1,316 -54%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

74 $23,585 $5,856 -41%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

74 $11,115 $2,622 -56%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

74 $9,253 $2,240 -52%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

70 $12,668 $2,648 -38%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

68 $9,236 $2,606 -52%

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

$5,882 $1,262 -8%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,125 $1,525 -20%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$32,614 $7,849 -22%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,287 $3,099 -24%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$35,741 $9,353 -26%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$40,609 $12,194 -26%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$2,302 $561 -27%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$30,255 $9,669 -35%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$17,278 $9,126 -64%
Diabetes with Major Complications

MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay

$20,875 $10,512 -63%
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)

MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay

$54,156 $19,458 -62%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$12,109 $6,266 -60%
Heart Attack (with complications)

MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay

$18,001 $7,253 -59%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay

$48,426 $19,775 -59%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$73,326 $29,522 -59%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$16,421 $7,834 -58%

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.
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