Hospital Costs > In Louisiana > The Neuromedical Center Hospital, procedure costs
| Procedure | Discharges | Avg Covered Charges | Avg Total Payment | Avg Medicare Payment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Rank | Amount | Rank | Amount | Rank | Amount | Rank | |
| Cervical Spinal Fusion W Cc | 13 | 40 / 3 | $67.121,50 | 161 / 3 | $14.724,80 | 8 / 1 | $12.700,30 | 8 / 1 |
| Cervical Spinal Fusion W/O Cc/Mcc | 63 | 43 / 2 | $54.303,10 | 393 / 9 | $11.450,80 | 30 / 2 | $9.599,03 | 30 / 4 |
| Spinal Fusion Except Cervical W/O Mcc | 77 | 117 / 3 | $99.125,80 | 724 / 11 | $20.094,80 | 32 / 1 | $17.555,40 | 32 / 4 | Total 3 procedures | 153 | discharges |
Source: Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data: Inpatient for FY2014
Average Covered Charges: The provider's average charge for services covered by Medicare for all discharges in the MS-DRG. These will vary from hospital to hospital because of differences in hospital charge structures.
Average Total Payments: The average total payments to all providers for the MS-DRG including the MSDRG amount, teaching, disproportionate share, capital, and outlier payments for all cases. Also included in average total payments are co-payment and deductible amounts that the patient is responsible for and any additional payments by third parties for coordination of benefits.
Average Medicare Payments: The average amount that Medicare pays to the provider for Medicare's share of the MS-DRG. Average Medicare payment amounts include the MS-DRG amount, teaching, disproportionate share, capital, and outlier payments for all cases. Medicare payments DO NOT include beneficiary co-payments and deductible amounts nor any additional payments from third parties for coordination of benefits. Note: In general, Medicare FFS claims with dates-of-service or dates-of-discharge on or after April 1, 2013, incurred a 2 percent reduction in Medicare payment. This is in response to mandatory across-the-board reductions in Federal spending, also known as sequestration
Hospital Rank: We have calculated the rank for each procedure within a hospital. The left number is the national ranking, the right one is the state ranking. For discharges, ranking is from highest # of discharges to lower (hospital with highest number of discharges ranks first). For charges and payments, lowest means a higher ranking.