Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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MS DRG -PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE;APR DRG -RESPIRATORY FAILURE;SOI -Moderate
Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $8.7k is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($12.0k), higher than 15% of the 2,313 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 189. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 8 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Tricare all payor case rate · inpatient | $6,387 | $6,387 | $6,387 – $6,387 |
| 2 | Humana all payor case rate · inpatient | $8,475 | $8,475 | $8,475 – $8,475 |
| 3 | Aetna all payor case rate · inpatient | $8,484 | $8,484 | $8,484 – $8,484 |
| 4 | Optum all payor case rate · inpatient | $8,484 | $8,484 | $8,484 – $8,484 |
| 5 | WellCare all payor case rate · inpatient | $8,907 | $8,907 | $8,907 – $8,907 |
| 6 | Cigna all payor case rate · inpatient | $12,713 | $12,713 | $12,713 – $12,713 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · inpatient | $13,889 | $13,889 | $8,483 – $19,295 |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · inpatient | $17,637 | $16,312 | $8,483 – $18,901 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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