Physicians Medical Center

218 Corporate Drive, Houma, LA 70360 · (985) 853-1390

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Physicians Medical Center billed $4.15 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 10 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 4.2x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 10; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #14; lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars: Not rated; 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 17.5/35

Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.

Outpatient charge markup 20.4/25

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 27.3/30

Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.1/10

Better than 71% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	182	$10,240	$1,938	-13%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	58	$45,901	$10,930	-27%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	36	$5,173	$1,672	-60%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	27	$14,433	$4,663	-59%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	23	$10,490	$2,650	-45%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	22	$5,804	$1,289	-42%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit	15	$4,865	$3,169	-80%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	15	$9,396	$2,584	-60%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit	13	$16,045	$4,302	-42%
Level 5 ENT Procedures APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit	13	$15,239	$4,869	-56%

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 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	$10,240	$1,938	-13%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	$45,901	$10,930	-27%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit	$16,045	$4,302	-42%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	$5,804	$1,289	-42%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$10,490	$2,650	-45%
Level 5 ENT Procedures APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit	$15,239	$4,869	-56%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,433	$4,663	-59%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	$9,396	$2,584	-60%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit	$4,865	$3,169	-80%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	$5,173	$1,672	-60%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	$9,396	$2,584	-60%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,433	$4,663	-59%
Level 5 ENT Procedures APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit	$15,239	$4,869	-56%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$10,490	$2,650	-45%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	$5,804	$1,289	-42%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit	$16,045	$4,302	-42%

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.

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Ochsner University Hospital And Clinics
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A
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A
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2.7x · Winnsboro, LA
A
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
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A
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A
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The record

CMS provider number: 190241
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Physician
Emergency department: No
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.