Medicare · fee-for-service Part B

Louisiana — total Medicare claims by state

17.1M

Services billed

$541.5M

Medicare payments

1,795

Physician groups

1.2%

of the national total

92,475

Inpatient discharges · FY2024

30.2M

Part D claims · CY2024

Physician groups in Louisiana billed 17,094,781 Medicare Part B services in 2024, totaling $541.5M in Medicare payments — 1.2% of the national total.

Calendar year 2024 · Medicare fee-for-service Part B

Louisiana billing by specialty

Physician groups billing in Louisiana, by primary specialty · CY2024

Primary specialty	Services	Medicare payments	Groups
Internal Medicine	2.4M	$100.2M	194
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	2.0M	$39.1M	185
Rheumatology	1.5M	$16.6M	6
Family Practice	1.4M	$51.4M	222
Ophthalmology	1.3M	$47.8M	57
Urology	1.3M	$13.3M	17
Diagnostic Radiology	1.3M	$49.6M	96
Orthopedic Surgery	873K	$21.6M	42
Emergency Medicine	743K	$28.9M	151
Hematology/Oncology	582K	$11.4M	7
Dermatology	559K	$23.0M	57
Endocrinology	307K	$3.6M	5
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	272K	$19.0M	36
Interventional Cardiology	225K	$11.1M	5
Otolaryngology	220K	$5.4M	24
Anesthesiology	173K	$10.2M	88
Optometry	169K	$11.1M	50
Nurse Practitioner	167K	$4.7M	71
Neurology	153K	$3.6M	23
Gastroenterology	149K	$9.8M	18
Interventional Pain Management	148K	$6.9M	15
General Surgery	135K	$7.1M	33
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	131K	$2.2M	16
Nephrology	116K	$8.5M	19
Pathology	103K	$2.8M	12
Allergy/Immunology	83,763	$1.6M	10
Obstetrics/Gynecology	65,808	$2.1M	40
Podiatry	47,839	$3.9M	19
Chiropractic	42,395	$984K	48
General Practice	42,359	$2.0M	12
Mental Health Counselor	37,963	$1.3M	25
Psychiatry	31,273	$2.0M	35
Pulmonary Disease	31,078	$2.2M	7
Neurosurgery	30,221	$1.2M	8
Infectious Disease	27,107	$1.9M	7
Pain Management	19,592	$1.1M	7
Clinical Social Worker	17,703	$1.0M	30
Radiation Oncology	15,667	$2.7M	2
Hospitalist	12,447	$1.1M	15
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	12,127	$1.2M	15
Critical Care (Intensivists)	11,814	$1.1M	9
Pediatric Medicine	10,367	$777K	7
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	9,357	$550K	6
Cardiac Surgery	8,242	$973K	4
Clinical Psychologist	5,424	$375K	8
Cardiac Electrophysiology	5,258	$366K	2
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine	4,521	$175K	1
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (MDS)	4,165	$768K	1
Hospice/Palliative Care	3,081	$223K	1
Qualified Audiologist	2,892	$61K	9
Physician Assistant	2,550	$121K	1
Vascular Surgery	1,916	$143K	3
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	1,846	$113K	2
Sleep Medicine	870	$101K	1
Maxillofacial Surgery	683	$65K	2
Oral Surgery	682	$34K	1
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	311	$56K	4
Gynecological Oncology	218	$17K	1
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	214	$6K	1
Thoracic Surgery	177	$81K	1
Dentist	23	$291	1

Ranked by services billed. Each linked specialty opens its highest-billed code in Louisiana; when that code is not shown, it opens the specialty's own page.

Louisiana hospital inpatient by MS-DRG

Hospital inpatient stays in Louisiana, by MS-DRG · FY2024 (Oct–Sep)

MS-DRG	Discharges	Share of national
871 · SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC	7,468	1.3%
291 · HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC	4,750	1.6%
690 · KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC	1,887	2.0%
193 · SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC	1,879	1.4%
177 · RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC	1,725	1.2%
683 · RENAL FAILURE WITH CC	1,529	1.9%
872 · SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC	1,529	1.4%
689 · KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC	1,400	1.7%
280 · ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC	1,271	1.4%
682 · RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC	1,261	1.6%
378 · GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC	1,257	1.6%
189 · PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE	1,253	1.3%
640 · MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC	1,195	1.5%
392 · ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC	1,134	1.3%
853 · INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC	1,128	1.4%
641 · MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC	1,122	1.7%
065 · INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS	1,113	1.5%
698 · OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC	1,000	1.3%
194 · SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC	990	2.0%
481 · HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC	957	1.4%
309 · CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC	911	1.4%
603 · CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC	854	1.4%
064 · INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC	850	1.3%
274 · PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC	791	1.3%
190 · CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC	788	1.4%

Top 25 of 543 MS-DRGs with published discharges in Louisiana, ranked by discharges. Share is this state's discharges against the DRG's national total (both from CMS's by-geography inpatient file, so a share never exceeds 100%). Each DRG opens its market for Louisiana. Discharges are counted stays under Medicare fee-for-service Part A (no Medicare Advantage), Maryland waiver-priced.

Louisiana Part D medications

Part D medications prescribed in Louisiana, by claims · CY2024

Medication	Claims	30-day fills	Share of national
Atorvastatin Calcium	1.1M	2.5M	1.5%
Amlodipine Besylate	931K	2.1M	1.9%
Gabapentin	724K	1.1M	2.0%
Levothyroxine Sodium	658K	1.4M	1.5%
Pantoprazole Sodium	628K	1.2M	2.5%
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen · Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	565K	565K	2.8%
Rosuvastatin Calcium	548K	1.3M	1.8%
Metoprolol Succinate	543K	1.2M	1.7%
Losartan Potassium	528K	1.2M	1.5%
Lisinopril	452K	1.0M	1.2%
Furosemide	438K	799K	1.9%
Apixaban · Eliquis	401K	570K	1.7%
Omeprazole	371K	793K	1.3%
Metformin Hcl	364K	816K	1.5%
Tamsulosin Hcl	355K	740K	1.6%
Hydrochlorothiazide	352K	814K	1.9%
Trazodone Hcl	328K	550K	1.8%
Clopidogrel Bisulfate · Clopidogrel	322K	682K	2.4%
Potassium Chloride	315K	562K	2.2%
Meloxicam	303K	461K	2.5%
Carvedilol	302K	632K	1.9%
Albuterol Sulfate · Albuterol Sulfate Hfa	299K	350K	1.6%
Alprazolam	289K	303K	2.5%
Prednisone	258K	292K	1.6%
Fluticasone Propionate	252K	423K	2.0%

Ranked by claims: the 25 of 2,294 medications CMS publishes for Louisiana with the most claims in CY2024. Medications are shown as CMS prints them, at the brand-and-generic grain CMS publishes. Geography is the prescriber's state as CMS files it: claims are counted where the prescriber sits, not where the pharmacy or the patient is. A claim is one dispensed fill, refills included; it is not a prescription written and not a patient count. 30-day fills restate claims to a 30-day supply, so a 90-day fill counts as three. Share is this state's claims against the total CMS publishes for the medication nationally. Claims are Medicare Part D drug-plan claims, Medicare Advantage plans included. Drug cost and prescriber figures are not part of this page.

Figures are attributable Medicare billing: each service is credited to a physician group only when the clinician who billed it belongs to exactly one group in CMS's Doctors and Clinicians register. Clinicians registered with more than one group, and groups without a specialty label, are not included in the specialty table above.

The physician-billing figures are Medicare fee-for-service Part B, and the hospital inpatient figures Medicare fee-for-service Part A — Medicare Advantage is not included in these. The Part D medication claims are the exception: they are drug-plan claims and include Medicare Advantage drug plans. A county- or city-level total for Louisiana is not published here — see methods for why. Search a specific procedure code and state on the code browser for the ranked physician groups behind these totals.