St Tammany Parish Hospital

1202 S Tyler Street, Covington, LA 70433 · (985) 898-4000

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Tammany Parish Hospital billed $6.43 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 101 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 6.4x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 101; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #42; 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.

Inpatient charge markup 8.2/35

Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 8.5/25

Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 13.7/30

Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 4.4/10

Better than 44% 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	552	$13,287	$2,292	-32%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	369	$19,586	$2,732	-22%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	254	$14,796	$1,339	+47%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	153	$37,024	$8,263	-15%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	131	$62,168	$12,504	-5%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit	121	$75,632	$9,187	+12%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	117	$13,456	$1,590	+15%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	114	$36,460	$4,697	+4%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	107	$17,626	$2,640	-8%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	98	$91,235	$10,941	+46%

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
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications) MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay	$145,131	$14,461	+82%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit	$190,910	$26,228	+69%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	$135,994	$15,754	+64%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay	$307,813	$33,280	+62%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	$20,890	$1,653	+62%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay	$388,483	$52,330	+62%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit	$223,215	$27,786	+50%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit	$56,827	$7,108	+50%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Dysequilibrium MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay	$24,879	$5,120	-37%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe) MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay	$114,393	$34,773	-36%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit	$26,014	$5,524	-34%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe) MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay	$47,395	$11,203	-33%
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay	$54,008	$11,842	-33%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe) MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay	$27,751	$7,149	-32%
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$13,287	$2,292	-32%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay	$45,339	$12,150	-32%

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.

Lower markups near Covington

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Ochsner University Hospital And Clinics
2.4x · Lafayette, LA
A
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
2.5x · Sulphur, LA
A
Franklin Medical Center
2.7x · Winnsboro, LA
A
Ochsner American Legion Hospital
2.8x · Jennings, LA
A
Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton Rouge
2.9x · Baton Rouge, LA
A
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
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The record

CMS provider number: 190045
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency department: Yes
Setting: Secondary flow 30% to <50% to a larger urbanized area of 50,000 and greater

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.