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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Baton Rouge General Medical Center?

8585 Picardy Ave · Baton Rouge, LA · 70809

Overview

Beds355
Discharges13,306cost report 2024
Occupancy54%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)2,132

Baton Rouge General Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, operated by Baton Rouge General Medical Center. East Baton Rouge Parish has 17 hospitals, 23 nursing homes and 42 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Baton Rouge General Medical Center is operated by Baton Rouge General Medical Center, part of Baton Rouge General Health System.

Operator
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
Owner group
Baton Rouge General Health System
Ownership type
Private Nonprofit
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Baton Rouge General Medical Center, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Baton Rouge General Health System

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.

Net patient revenue$498.2M
Operating expenses$546.7M
Net income$68.2M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue13.7%
Uncompensated care cost$9.1M
Charity care cost$3.5M
Medicaid net revenue$33.6M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage12.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 76.6%
  • Medicare 21.6%
  • Medicaid 1.8%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871439$15K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291176$10K
Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with MCC · 85392$35K
Renal failure with MCC · 68270$10K
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours without MCC · 87270$8K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011423
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191195
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 5361163
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072145
Level 4 Urology and Related Services · 537498

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
8585 Picardy Ave · Baton Rouge, LA · 70809
County
East Baton Rouge Parish
State
Louisiana
Hospitals in the county17
Nursing homes23
Urgent care centers42

20 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Nearby hospitals

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage) · Company website
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
190065
NPI
1962537407
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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