Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent: charges and Medicare payments

Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent reported Medicare outpatient services in 19 service groups in 2024 but no inpatient stays above CMS's reporting threshold. It also billed 1,723 outpatient services, charging 6.14 times what Medicare paid.

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

Outpatient services

Service (APC)	Services	Avg charge	Medicare allowed
Level 2 Urology and Related Services	738	$1,459	$280
Level 3 Urology and Related Services	386	$8,834	$1,070
Level 4 Urology and Related Services	133	$13,090	$1,886
Level 5 Urology and Related Services	91	$15,320	$2,549
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	62	$6,228	$1,209
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures	45	$60,469	$15,415
Level 1 Nerve Procedures	38	$6,972	$1,621
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures	31	$55,557	$10,462
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	26	$66,901	$25,396
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	23	$45,943	$13,073
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures	21	$20,112	$2,516
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures	21	$37,975	$5,811
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services	21	$75,693	$8,639
Level 8 Urology and Related Services	19	$51,109	$12,102
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures	16	$23,846	$2,683
Level 1 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	15	$25,411	$1,942
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures	13	$16,709	$2,100
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures	12	$8,548	$1,350
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	12	$25,871	$4,019

Against the Louisiana average

For Level 2 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5372), its average charge of $1,459 was 54% below the state average of $3,170. For Level 3 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5373), its average charge of $8,834 was 32% below the state average of $13,062. For Level 4 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5374), its average charge of $13,090 was 37% below the state average of $20,743. For Level 5 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5375), its average charge of $15,320 was 43% below the state average of $26,800.

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.