Back & Neck Surgery (Non-Fusion) Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the back or neck that does not fuse bones of the spine together, such as removing part of a damaged disc or relieving pressure on a nerve. Patients are usually up and walking soon after surgery, with a short recovery stay.
State average
$212,578
gross charge · DRG 520
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$9,313 – $268,900
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $9,313Cash pay $4,656 - 2
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $15,486Cash pay $19,358 - 3
AVALA Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $29,562Cash pay $24,023 - 4
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $62,272Cash pay $24,909 - 5
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $101,433Cash pay $16,094 - 6
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $59,158 - 7
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $59,158 - 8
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847 - 9
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847 - 10
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $59,158 - 11
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847 - 12Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847
- 13
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847 - 14
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847 - 15
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847 - 16
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847 - 17Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847
- 18
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $59,158 - 19
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $59,158 - 20
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $268,900Cash pay $61,847 - 21
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,611 - 22Gross charge —
- 23
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 24
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 36
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —Cash pay $7,233
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- 40
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,622 - 41
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price back & neck surgery (non-fusion) (Medicare DRG 520) anywhere from $9,313 to $268,900 — a $259,587 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland. The state average sits at $212,578.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists back & neck surgery (non-fusion) at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in Louisiana, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Louisiana hospitals missing from the list either don't perform back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 520 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.