C-Section Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen when other health conditions complicate the pregnancy or recovery. The stay includes the operation and several days of care for mother and baby.
State average
$48,513
gross charge · DRG 787
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$6,899 – $61,820
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $6,899Cash pay $3,450 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $9,904Cash pay $6,933 - 3
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $13,472Cash pay $10,104 - 4
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $20,249 - 5
Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)
New Iberia, LA
Gross charge $22,755Cash pay $13,653 - 6
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $24,695Cash pay $9,878 - 7
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $42,023Cash pay $8,298 - 8
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $13,600 - 9
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $13,600 - 10
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219 - 11
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219 - 12
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $13,600 - 13
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219 - 14Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219
- 15
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219 - 16
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219 - 17
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219 - 18
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219 - 19Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219
- 20
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $13,600 - 21
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $13,600 - 22
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $61,820Cash pay $14,219 - 23
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,260 - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 26
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 38
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —Cash pay $5,428
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- 42
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,055 - 43
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price c-section (Medicare DRG 787) anywhere from $6,899 to $61,820 — a $54,920 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 $48,513.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. 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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Louisiana, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 787 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.