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Short-term acute care hospital · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · 155 beds · CMS certification number 190202

Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 4, 2026. 29 years on file, every one shown below.

Fiscal 2025 at a glance

Net patient revenue
$455.4M
$455,430,971 · G-3 line 3
Operating expenses
$503.2M
$503,234,896 · G-3 line 4
Result from patient care
−$47.8M
−$47,803,925 · G-3 line 5
Margin on patient care
−10.5%
line 5 ÷ line 3, same filing

What stands out

  • Net patient revenue rose from $28.8M in its first year on file (1997) to $455.4M in 2025.
  • Its result from patient care: −$47.5M (2023), −$21.9M (2024), −$47.8M (2025).
  • 4 of the 5 short-term acute care hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a loss on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
  • Medicaid paid for 0.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 13.5%.
  • OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION holds 100% of it, on its Medicare enrollment.

Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.

29 years of filings

Net patient revenue against operating expenses, each year as filed.

Net patient revenueOperating expenses
1997
settled with audit
$28.8M
$37.5M
1998
as submitted
$21.8M
$46.5M
1999
settled
$21.6M
$26.1M
2000
reopened
$23.6M
$29.6M
2001
settled
$23.9M
$26.1M
2002
settled
$28.5M
$34.8M
2003
reopened
$27.0M
$34.2M
2004
reopened
$40.3M
$46.3M
2005
reopened
$34.9M
$37.7M
2006
reopened
$68.0M
$78.5M
2007
reopened
$70.6M
$77.1M
2008
reopened
$80.8M
$90.1M
2009
settled with audit
$89.3M
$89.0M
2010
reopened
$106.7M
$110.1M
2011
reopened
$107.3M
$121.8M
2012
reopened
$106.0M
$113.0M
2013
reopened
$126.1M
$124.4M
2014
reopened
$182.1M
$150.4M
2015
settled
$213.0M
$163.6M
2016
settled
$206.2M
$187.8M
2017
settled
$208.9M
$196.7M
2018
settled
$232.1M
$212.4M
2019
settled
$270.8M
$261.3M
2020
settled
$268.2M
$311.3M
2021
settled
$334.2M
$372.7M
2022
settled
$371.4M
$414.1M
2023
settled
$396.0M
$443.4M
2024
settled
$440.2M
$462.1M
2025
as submitted
$455.4M
$503.2M

Beside its peers

Short-term acute care hospitals in Louisiana with 100 to 199 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.

HospitalBedsNet patient revenueOperating expensesMargin
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge155$455,430,971$503,234,896−10.5%
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System, Shreveport199$323,217,952$325,766,482−0.8%
Opelousas General Health System, Opelousas141$178,076,230$197,955,147−11.2%
Terrebonne General Health System, Houma151$249,145,023$266,733,879−7.1%
The General, Baton Rouge169$46,657,886$38,013,01018.5%
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Thibodaux170$302,360,926$304,042,451−0.6%

Patients and payers

Discharges
8,927
S-3 line 14, col 15
Inpatient days
36,079
S-3 line 14, col 8
Beds in use, on an average day
99.1
days ÷ days in year
Occupancy
63.8%
days ÷ bed days
Medicare share of days
13.5%
S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
Medicaid share of days
0.7%
S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8

Who owns it

  • OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION100%

Related organizations on its own cost report: OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM, healthcare.

Other hospitals with the same owner: Ochsner Choctaw General (AL), Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center (LA), Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics (LA), Ochsner LSU Health Monroe (LA), Ochsner St. Mary (LA), CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital (LA), Ochsner Medical Center (LA), Ochsner Acadia General Hospital (LA), Ochsner American Legion Hospital (LA), Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport (LA), Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center (LA).

Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.

Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).

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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 190202. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.

How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read March 4, 2026.