Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital: charges and Medicare payments

Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital reported 20 Medicare inpatient stays across 1 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 4.54 times what it was paid. Its most frequent stay was DRG 460, Spinal Fusion except Cervical without MCC: 20 stays at an average charge of $104,296, 39% below the national average. It also billed 1,652 outpatient services, charging 5.26 times what Medicare paid.

1Medicare inpatient stays 20
2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 4.54×
3Rank in LA (highest ratio = 1) –
4CMS price-transparency actions 0

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

Inpatient stays

For the 1 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.

DRG	Stays	Avg charge	vs US	Avg paid
460 Spinal Fusion except Cervical without MCC	20	$104,296	-39%	$22,989

Outpatient services

Service (APC)	Services	Avg charge	Medicare allowed
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures	687	$7,490	$1,923
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures	206	$45,680	$10,930
Level 1 Nerve Procedures	193	$7,634	$1,581
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures	118	$26,349	$5,871
Level 4 ENT Procedures	59	$10,004	$2,677
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	58	$130,555	$25,329
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures	55	$11,796	$2,582
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures	51	$22,680	$4,278
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy	40	$18,467	$5,560
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures	26	$71,389	$14,932
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures	21	$10,691	$1,286
Level 5 ENT Procedures	20	$19,947	$4,675
Level 4 Urology and Related Services	20	$11,469	$2,807
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy	19	$12,898	$2,700
Level 3 ENT Procedures	18	$6,496	$1,268
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	15	$18,137	$5,686
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures	13	$13,337	$3,257
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	11	$9,324	$1,348
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy	11	$7,324	$1,340
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures	11	$9,807	$1,943

Against the Louisiana average

For Spinal Fusion except Cervical without MCC (DRG 460), Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital charged $104,296 on average, 31% less than the Louisiana average of $150,620, and was paid $22,989 against a state average of $27,371. For Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5491), its average charge of $7,490 was 47% below the state average of $14,054. For Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5115), its average charge of $45,680 was 28% below the state average of $63,573. For Level 1 Nerve Procedures (outpatient APC 5431), its average charge of $7,634 was 35% below the state average of $11,748. For Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5114), its average charge of $26,349 was 38% below 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.