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Medical costs in Baton Rouge, LA

6 hospitals · 30 procedures tracked

By Priya Iyengar , Senior Billing Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Priya Iyengar leads the billing code review team at BillRazor Research. She analyzes NCCI bundling edits, DRG coding, and regional rate variation. Expertise: NCCI bundling, DRG analysis, regional pricing.

CMS price transparency
6 hospitals
Updated 2026-04-03
Compare your charges against 4 CMS benchmark datasets — including the rates shown on this page.

Hospitals in metro

6

Procedures tracked

30

vs national avg

0.53x

Top procedures by average charge in BATON ROUGE

All tracked procedures

ProcedureHospitalsAvg chargevs nationalMarkup
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CCDRG 4542$150,7230.60x4.4x
CORONARY BYPASS WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION OR OPEN ABLATION WITHOUT MCCDRG 2342$138,6090.58x4.3x
OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 2702$123,3910.52x3.7x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCCDRG 4603$113,6400.72x4.9x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURSDRG 8702$105,6160.35x2.6x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 4552$105,1620.54x3.9x
CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCCDRG 2362$104,0990.53x5x
CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 0252$102,0740.47x4x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CCDRG 3303$70,7350.64x4.7x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CCDRG 4813$56,8550.61x4.4x
OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCCDRG 6983$33,5390.51x3.3x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCCDRG 8714$33,2150.44x2.8x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCCDRG 2803$30,0680.42x3.2x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCCDRG 3083$27,7020.51x3.8x
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCCDRG 1774$26,7740.43x2.4x
RENAL FAILURE WITH MCCDRG 6824$26,7730.45x3x
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCCDRG 6403$26,6650.49x3.3x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURSDRG 0653$26,0620.49x4.3x
KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCCDRG 6893$25,1090.53x3.6x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCCDRG 8723$24,3490.54x4x
Rates shown are from the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and CMS IPPS. BillRazor compares your bill against these data sources. See how it works →

Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files, Medicare IPPS DRG rates, FY 2024. All pricing data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.

City-level methodology: Cost indices are computed by comparing the average markup ratio of hospitals in this metro area against the national median. Values above 1.0x indicate higher-than-average charges relative to Medicare.

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