CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital: charges and Medicare payments

CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital reported 71 Medicare inpatient stays across 2 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 13.05 times what it was paid. Its most frequent stay was DRG 470, Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without MCC: 57 stays at an average charge of $157,981, 70% above the national average. It also billed 2,268 outpatient services, charging 14.38 times what Medicare paid.

1Medicare inpatient stays 71
2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 13.05×
3Rank in LA (highest ratio = 1) –
4CMS price-transparency actions 0

Average charge per stay at CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital, its 10 most frequent DRGs, bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Inpatient stays

For the 2 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital charged more than the national average in 2 (100%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.

DRG	Stays	Avg charge	vs US	Avg paid
470 Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of...	57	$157,981	+70%	$12,094
468 Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without CC/MCC	14	$293,603	+137%	$22,546

Outpatient services

Service (APC)	Services	Avg charge	Medicare allowed
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures	753	$23,456	$1,933
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures	249	$138,736	$10,441
Level 1 Nerve Procedures	125	$20,977	$1,640
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures	124	$67,895	$5,995
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures	110	$22,815	$1,613
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures	104	$37,158	$2,764
Level 3 Urology and Related Services	90	$19,680	$1,748
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures	86	$162,359	$15,933
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures	84	$21,233	$1,378
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures	78	$50,933	$4,357
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures	60	$29,216	$3,333
Level 5 Urology and Related Services	59	$41,257	$4,480
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services	58	$52,171	$4,995
Level 4 Urology and Related Services	53	$28,001	$2,882
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy	44	$19,174	$1,416
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures	34	$23,512	$2,023
Level 3 ENT Procedures	30	$14,223	$1,145
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	21	$19,708	$1,404
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy	19	$37,205	$5,926
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	18	$22,069	$2,323
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy	18	$22,408	$3,242
Level 5 ENT Procedures	14	$46,980	$5,070
Level 4 ENT Procedures	13	$19,207	$2,787
Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures	13	$50,730	$2,995
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services	11	$109,322	$8,908

Against the Louisiana average

For Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without MCC (DRG 470), CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital charged $157,981 on average, 73% more than the Louisiana average of $91,575, and was paid $12,094 against a state average of $13,850. For Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without CC/MCC (DRG 468), CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital charged $293,603 on average, 145% more than the Louisiana average of $119,903, and was paid $22,546 against a state average of $19,178. For Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5491), its average charge of $23,456 was 67% above the state average of $14,054. For Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5115), its average charge of $138,736 was 118% above the state average of $63,573. For Level 1 Nerve Procedures (outpatient APC 5431), its average charge of $20,977 was 79% above the state average of $11,748. For Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5114), its average charge of $67,895 was 59% above the state average of $42,639.

Price-transparency record

No action in CMS's price-transparency enforcement list (July 2026) matches this hospital's exact name, city and state. That can mean CMS has not reviewed it, or that it is listed under a different name.

Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.