60/100
#966 nationally
Opelousas General Health System
539 East Prudhomme Street, Opelousas, LA 70570 · (337) 948-3011
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Opelousas General Health System billed $4.52 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 40
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #25
- 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.
Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% 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 |
169 | $14,854 | $2,297 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
159 | $45,931 | $12,598 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $18,961 | $2,702 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $39,686 | $10,940 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $9,770 | $1,321 | -3% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $14,011 | $2,925 | -32% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $26,238 | $4,676 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $7,349 | $1,709 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $65,168 | $9,025 | -4% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $6,968 | $1,955 | -41% |
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 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,409 | $2,903 | +61% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$54,810 | $8,726 | +31% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,865 | $14,685 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,895 | $2,674 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,948 | $4,502 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$52,954 | $13,466 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,770 | $1,321 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,168 | $9,025 | -4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$81,801 | $29,852 | -54% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$14,143 | $5,709 | -53% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$19,289 | $6,962 | -51% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$17,132 | $6,208 | -48% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$21,379 | $7,549 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,019 | $5,471 | -47% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,853 | $7,729 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,349 | $1,709 | -43% |
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.