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.
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
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $17,275Cash pay $7,601 - 5
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $20,249 - 6
Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)
New Iberia, LA
Gross charge $22,755Cash pay $13,653 - 7
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $24,436Cash pay $6,842 - 8
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $24,695Cash pay $9,878 - 9
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $30,797Cash pay $9,855 - 10
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $35,027Cash pay $8,056 - 11Gross charge $37,537Cash pay $9,760
- 12
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $42,023Cash pay $8,298 - 13Gross charge $47,409Cash pay $13,275
- 14
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $54,421Cash pay $11,428 - 15
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,260 - 16Gross charge —
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Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 18
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 19
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —Cash pay $5,428
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Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,055 - 32
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 38
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 42
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 43
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, 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 $54,421 — a $47,521 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette. The state average sits at $27,636.
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.