88/100
#131 nationally
Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton Rouge
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70810 · (225) 408-8080
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton Rouge billed $2.95 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
- 2.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 11
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #1
- 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.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
355 | $30,719 | $10,955 | -51% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $11,804 | $2,877 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $12,180 | $4,375 | -56% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $6,619 | $1,722 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $17,139 | $6,049 | -57% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $44,930 | $15,474 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $7,780 | $2,660 | -62% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $30,022 | $8,701 | -50% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $75,340 | $27,493 | -57% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
12 | $19,021 | $4,879 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,804 | $2,877 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,021 | $4,879 | -46% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,930 | $15,474 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,619 | $1,722 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,022 | $8,701 | -50% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,719 | $10,955 | -51% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,593 | $6,389 | -54% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,180 | $4,375 | -56% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,780 | $2,660 | -62% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$75,340 | $27,493 | -57% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,139 | $6,049 | -57% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,180 | $4,375 | -56% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,593 | $6,389 | -54% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,719 | $10,955 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,022 | $8,701 | -50% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,619 | $1,722 | -49% |
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.