West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

701 East Cypress Street, Sulphur, LA 70663 · (337) 527-4240

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital billed $2.54 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 16 prices How we grade

Charge-to-payment: 2.5x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 16; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in LA: #2; 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 28.9/35

Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.8/25

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 28.5/30

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.8/10

Better than 68% 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	126	$11,071	$2,285	-43%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	78	$30,231	$12,521	-54%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	53	$19,260	$11,044	-69%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	40	$8,475	$4,759	-76%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	35	$5,180	$1,672	-60%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	33	$4,151	$1,362	-59%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	31	$13,832	$2,678	-45%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	27	$22,858	$8,902	-47%
Respiratory Failure MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay	26	$22,178	$8,575	-54%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit	24	$8,636	$1,345	about average

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 Vascular Procedures APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit	$8,636	$1,345	about average
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$11,071	$2,285	-43%
Sepsis (without major complications) MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay	$22,299	$7,296	-43%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	$13,832	$2,678	-45%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	$22,858	$8,902	-47%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	$30,231	$12,521	-54%
Respiratory Failure MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay	$22,178	$8,575	-54%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	$4,151	$1,362	-59%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications) MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay	$19,194	$13,415	-76%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$8,475	$4,759	-76%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit	$20,242	$15,624	-76%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$5,253	$2,678	-73%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	$7,068	$2,906	-70%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	$19,260	$11,044	-69%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit	$4,273	$1,598	-64%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit	$5,180	$1,672	-60%

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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The record

CMS provider number: 190013
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Government - Hospital District or Authority
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.