Louisiana Court of Appeal June 20, 1997, No. 96 CA 1637 (Gray Insurance v. St. Charles General Hospital)

J2SHORTESS, Judge.

In 1991 Howard A. Lacy, Jr., injured his back while in the course and scope of his employment. When conservative treatment failed to bring relief, he opted for an anterior lumbar fusion in 1994. The surgery was performed by Dr. Stephen J. Flood at St. Charles General Hospital (St.Charles) in New Orleans. St. Charles’s bill for Lacy’s hospital stay was $27,171.85.