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Level 1 Nerve Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $1,774 per procedure at 1,588 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $1,658 and $1,852.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $1,774
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $1,658–$1,852
Medicare’s share: $1,40779% of the payment
Average billed charge: $12,341
Hospitals reporting: 1,588126,874 procedures

Hospitals in Louisiana

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Average payment across these 29 hospitals: $1,601National $1,774 · Louisiana $1,602
Median hospital: $1,612
Lowest to highest: $1,535–$1,656
Medicare procedures: 3,018

29 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 1 Nerve Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190270	85	$1,535	13% below the national average	$1,202	$17,080
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · CCN 190002	75	$1,571	11% below the national average	$1,242	$9,639
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190036	391	$1,577	11% below the national average	$1,251	$14,265
Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190259	193	$1,581	11% below the national average	$1,251	$7,634
The Spine Hospital Of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190266	377	$1,582	11% below the national average	$1,247	$11,376
Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond, LA · CCN 190303	187	$1,582	11% below the national average	$1,244	$13,519
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · CCN 190004	118	$1,589	10% below the national average	$1,255	$9,262
Omega Hospital, LLCMetairie, LA · CCN 190302	17	$1,604	About average	$1,278	$23,088
Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190278	485	$1,605	About average	$1,268	$7,219
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · CCN 190125	12	$1,605	About average	$1,279	$8,763
Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe, LA · CCN 190245	17	$1,605	About average	$1,279	$11,143
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · CCN 190086	13	$1,605	About average	$1,279	$6,822
Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190255	103	$1,605	About average	$1,278	$7,758
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · CCN 190015	38	$1,608	About average	$1,281	$24,559
Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · CCN 190053	11	$1,612	About average	$1,285	$10,395
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · CCN 190017	14	$1,620	About average	$1,285	$10,351
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport, LA · CCN 190317	38	$1,621	About average	$1,284	$6,972
Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190201	22	$1,622	About average	$1,292	$34,240
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · CCN 190176	45	$1,628	About average	$1,296	$28,197
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190202	72	$1,629	About average	$1,292	$10,362
Sterling Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190256	183	$1,633	About average	$1,297	$12,471
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190040	119	$1,635	About average	$1,301	$7,795
AvalaCovington, LA · CCN 190267	75	$1,636	About average	$1,298	$14,028
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190046	22	$1,636	About average	$1,298	$13,183
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · CCN 190274	14	$1,636	About average	$1,290	$10,507
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190298	125	$1,640	About average	$1,295	$20,977
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190060	81	$1,642	About average	$1,293	$9,303
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · CCN 190111	66	$1,653	About average	$1,310	$17,065
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190027	20	$1,656	About average	$1,320	$28,677

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 140,451 procedures at 1,754 hospitals · 2021: 155,235 procedures at 1,800 hospitals · 2022: 150,490 procedures at 1,779 hospitals · 2023: 128,117 procedures at 1,694 hospitals · 2024: 126,874 procedures at 1,588 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 1 Nerve Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$1,652	$10K
2021	$1,703	$10K
2022	$1,728	$11K
2023	$1,711	$12K
2024	$1,774	$12K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 1 Nerve Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	693	$946	$812–$1,044
Mississippi	15	973	$1,461	$1,551–$1,652
Tennessee	27	1,886	$1,497	$1,592–$1,658
Alabama	22	1,825	$1,568	$1,557–$1,650
West Virginia	20	2,466	$1,580	$1,585–$1,674
South Carolina	28	2,158	$1,581	$1,618–$1,666
Louisiana	30	3,223	$1,602	$1,604–$1,635
Ohio	103	7,504	$1,609	$1,633–$1,684
Oklahoma	34	4,247	$1,641	$1,628–$1,664
Nebraska	13	1,187	$1,652	$1,664–$1,753
Iowa	23	1,512	$1,654	$1,639–$1,747
Arkansas	25	2,752	$1,661	$1,612–$1,737
Kansas	30	2,656	$1,662	$1,645–$1,737
Kentucky	34	1,800	$1,663	$1,631–$1,706
Missouri	48	5,672	$1,664	$1,654–$1,739
Michigan	61	3,440	$1,680	$1,649–$1,757
Georgia	47	1,867	$1,682	$1,640–$1,784
Texas	129	10,336	$1,685	$1,668–$1,743
Virginia	43	3,266	$1,694	$1,651–$1,780
North Carolina	52	3,699	$1,695	$1,675–$1,735
Idaho	13	1,564	$1,715	$1,720–$1,826
Pennsylvania	88	6,968	$1,718	$1,722–$1,837
Utah	17	1,339	$1,721	$1,717–$1,730
Florida	61	4,045	$1,725	$1,721–$1,749
Indiana	46	2,915	$1,727	$1,715–$1,758
Maine	12	917	$1,754	$1,657–$1,789
Wisconsin	53	4,495	$1,761	$1,730–$1,802
New Hampshire	10	953	$1,768	$1,818–$1,884
New Mexico	13	1,039	$1,778	$1,681–$1,801
Illinois	71	5,306	$1,808	$1,781–$1,833
South Dakota	13	2,403	$1,821	$1,800–$1,915
North Dakota	6	835	$1,825	$1,810–$1,891
Montana	9	743	$1,832	$1,810–$1,926
Colorado	22	1,287	$1,845	$1,838–$1,843
Wyoming	5	317	$1,859	$1,914–$1,939
Arizona	24	2,090	$1,888	$1,868–$1,913
Minnesota	29	2,657	$1,896	$1,816–$1,925
Delaware	5	206	$1,923	$1,937–$1,937
Rhode Island	5	316	$1,932	$1,918–$1,959
District of Columbia	5	148	$1,965	$1,976–$1,976
Washington	31	2,494	$1,979	$1,938–$2,039
New Jersey	32	1,940	$2,031	$1,969–$2,079
New York	69	5,029	$2,051	$2,018–$2,175
Nevada	6	269	$2,064	$2,058–$2,068
Oregon	18	650	$2,066	$1,940–$2,089
Massachusetts	48	5,722	$2,067	$2,054–$2,074
Alaska	3	140	$2,101	$2,031–$2,128
Connecticut	13	413	$2,143	$2,150–$2,174
Hawaii	5	135	$2,246	$2,221–$2,378
California	66	6,377	$2,395	$2,374–$2,542

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.