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 -HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC;APR DRG -HEART FAILURE;SOI -Extreme
Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $9.2k is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($12.5k), higher than 15% of the 2,317 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 291. 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 | $8,809 | $8,809 | $8,809 – $8,809 |
| 2 | Humana all payor case rate · inpatient | $8,924 | $8,924 | $8,924 – $8,924 |
| 3 | Aetna all payor case rate · inpatient | $8,933 | $8,933 | $8,933 – $8,933 |
| 4 | Optum all payor case rate · inpatient | $8,933 | $8,933 | $8,933 – $8,933 |
| 5 | WellCare all payor case rate · inpatient | $9,378 | $9,378 | $9,378 – $9,378 |
| 6 | Cigna all payor case rate · inpatient | $13,406 | $13,406 | $13,406 – $13,406 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · inpatient | $14,639 | $14,639 | $8,932 – $20,346 |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · inpatient | $18,597 | $17,198 | $8,932 – $19,931 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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