University Medical Center New Orleans

2000 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112 · (504) 702-3000

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Medical Center New Orleans billed $4.61 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 32 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 4.6x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 32; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #44; 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 20.6/35

Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 4.7/25

Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 5.9/30

Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.1/10

Better than 21% 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	223	$20,009	$2,288	about average
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	53	$72,058	$21,168	+66%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	50	$94,593	$29,375	+45%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	41	$26,093	$1,720	+102%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	35	$14,307	$1,584	+22%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	34	$15,006	$1,330	+49%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit	30	$5,271	$577	+68%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit	29	$175,933	$20,017	+33%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	28	$20,948	$2,697	+10%
Stroke (severe) MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay	27	$155,199	$33,503	+103%

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	$30,759	$1,968	+162%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe) MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay	$404,145	$118,479	+127%
COPD (severe) MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay	$91,895	$16,316	+120%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit	$304,736	$27,646	+105%
Stroke (severe) MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay	$155,199	$33,503	+103%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	$26,093	$1,720	+102%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit	$40,887	$2,808	+98%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	$31,958	$2,639	+76%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay	$836,220	$221,516	-5%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit	$11,064	$1,435	about average
Seizures without Major Complications MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay	$40,763	$17,014	about average
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit	$16,911	$2,371	about average
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$20,009	$2,288	about average
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$20,948	$2,697	+10%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	$28,895	$2,675	+14%
Stroke (with complications) MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay	$55,012	$16,256	+21%

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 New Orleans

B
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
3.0x · Homer, LA

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The record

CMS provider number: 190005
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
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.