Rapides Regional Medical Center

211 4Th Street, Alexandria, LA 71301 · (318) 769-3000

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Rapides Regional Medical Center billed $10.60 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 96 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 10.6x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 96; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #58; 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.

Inpatient charge markup 1.7/35

Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 2.3/25

Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 3.3/30

Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 0.9/10

Better than 10% 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	453	$131,175	$13,570	+101%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	264	$47,003	$2,811	+86%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	144	$28,603	$2,333	+47%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	112	$70,389	$9,162	+62%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit	92	$100,926	$9,433	+49%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	84	$17,846	$1,390	+77%
Kidney Failure (severe) MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay	76	$89,654	$9,575	+69%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe) MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay	74	$452,931	$34,127	+155%
Stroke (severe) MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay	69	$120,853	$13,581	+58%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	63	$22,797	$2,725	+19%

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 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	$46,157	$1,575	+293%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	$69,256	$2,707	+281%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay	$181,891	$9,795	+242%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$118,271	$4,967	+237%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit	$129,565	$6,194	+225%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit	$34,737	$1,333	+209%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit	$46,915	$2,431	+183%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe) MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay	$149,774	$11,975	+164%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay	$43,629	$7,318	-8%
Chest Pain MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay	$33,551	$5,528	about average
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay	$142,147	$23,349	+14%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay	$88,260	$13,923	+16%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated) MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay	$29,240	$4,344	+16%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay	$109,602	$16,042	+17%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$22,797	$2,725	+19%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay	$68,828	$10,638	+20%

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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A
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
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A
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The record

CMS provider number: 190026
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Proprietary
Emergency department: Yes
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.