32/100
#1,836 nationally
West Jefferson Medical Center
1101 Medical Center Blvd, Marrero, LA 70072 · (504) 347-5511
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, West Jefferson Medical Center billed $6.30 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
- 6.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 49
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in LA
- #45
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% 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 |
299 | $16,811 | $2,291 | -13% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
76 | $68,444 | $14,154 | +5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $47,570 | $9,594 | +10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $10,804 | $1,347 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $14,519 | $1,545 | +24% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $25,698 | $4,786 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $16,292 | $1,675 | +26% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
44 | $25,478 | $2,953 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $17,854 | $2,700 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $18,986 | $1,850 | +62% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$157,318 | $16,802 | +106% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$314,400 | $31,500 | +63% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,986 | $1,850 | +62% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,105 | $2,407 | +59% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,826 | $579 | +54% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$68,715 | $8,000 | +51% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$71,026 | $11,589 | +47% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,812 | $2,765 | +42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,698 | $4,786 | -26% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$46,637 | $10,795 | -18% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$35,281 | $8,071 | -15% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,811 | $2,291 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,904 | $9,313 | -13% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$28,338 | $6,420 | -12% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$31,077 | $6,750 | -10% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$37,710 | $8,559 | -10% |
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.