Ungraded
#221 nationally
The General
3600 Florida Blvd, Suite 2020, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 · (225) 381-6393
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, The General billed $2.30 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
- 2.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 6
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #7
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $27,360 | $9,634 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $21,108 | $12,858 | -68% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $9,020 | $2,293 | -54% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $14,682 | $8,697 | -66% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $11,342 | $5,725 | -66% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $13,063 | $8,020 | -68% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$27,360 | $9,634 | -24% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,020 | $2,293 | -54% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$11,342 | $5,725 | -66% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$14,682 | $8,697 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$21,108 | $12,858 | -68% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$13,063 | $8,020 | -68% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$13,063 | $8,020 | -68% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$21,108 | $12,858 | -68% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$14,682 | $8,697 | -66% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$11,342 | $5,725 | -66% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,020 | $2,293 | -54% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$27,360 | $9,634 | -24% |
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.