DRG 516 · Musculoskeletal

Other Bone, Joint & Muscle Surgery Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

An operation on bones, joints, muscles, or connective tissue that does not fit a more specific surgical category. The stay includes the procedure, pain management, and early rehabilitation.

State average
$302,856
gross charge · DRG 516
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$13,072 – $384,745
low to high
Lowest $13,072 Highest $384,745

Louisiana hospitals price other bone, joint & muscle surgery (Medicare DRG 516) anywhere from $13,072 to $384,745 — a $371,673 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 $302,856.

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 other bone, joint & muscle surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling other bone, joint & muscle surgery 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 other bone, joint & muscle surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 516 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Opelousas General Health System

    Opelousas, LA

    Gross charge $13,072
    Cash pay $6,536
  2. 2
    Gross charge $21,542
    Cash pay $26,928
  3. 3

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $45,435
    Cash pay $18,174
  4. 4

    AVALA Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $54,649
    Cash pay $33,420
  5. 5

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $151,263
    Cash pay $22,590
  6. 6

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $84,644
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,930
  7. 7

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $84,644
  8. 8

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  9. 9

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  10. 10

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $84,644
  11. 11
    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  12. 12
    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  13. 13

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  14. 14

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  15. 15

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  16. 16

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  17. 17
    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  18. 18

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $84,644
  19. 19
    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $84,644
  20. 20
    Gross charge $384,745
    Cash pay $88,491
  21. 21

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,978
  22. 22

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

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  24. 24

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

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  25. 25

    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

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  30. 30

    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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  31. 31

    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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  32. 32

    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

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  33. 33

    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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  34. 34

    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

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  35. 35

    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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  36. 36
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  37. 37
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  38. 38
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $10,010
  39. 39
    Gross charge
  40. 40
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $24,735
  41. 41
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  42. 42

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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  43. 43
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  44. 44

    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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  45. 45

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

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  46. 46

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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  47. 47
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  48. 48

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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