DRG 287 · Cardiovascular

Cardiac Catheterization Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for a heart problem other than a heart attack, during which doctors thread a thin tube into the heart's arteries to look for blockages or other issues. Most patients are monitored briefly and go home soon after the test.

State average
$47,920
gross charge · DRG 287
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$7,081 – $143,415
low to high
Lowest $7,081 Highest $143,415

Louisiana hospitals price cardiac catheterization (Medicare DRG 287) anywhere from $7,081 to $143,415 — a $136,334 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center (Kings Hwy) in Shreveport. The state average sits at $47,920.

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 cardiac catheterization at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent cardiac catheterization admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

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 cardiac catheterization in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 287 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 $7,081
    Cash pay $3,540
  2. 2
    Gross charge $8,836
    Cash pay $2,386
  3. 3

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $12,245
    Cash pay $5,755
  4. 4

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $24,633
    Cash pay $18,475
  5. 5

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $40,539
    Cash pay $16,216
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,913
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    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $43,211
    Cash pay $9,939
  7. 7

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $47,067
    Cash pay $9,884
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,086
  8. 8

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $47,705
    Cash pay $13,357
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    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $54,525
    Cash pay $14,177
  10. 10

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $66,451
    Cash pay $21,264
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    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $79,327
    Cash pay $12,236
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,612
  12. 12
    Gross charge $143,415
    Cash pay $37,288
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    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

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    Cash pay $9,528
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    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

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    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

    39 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $5,760
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    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

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    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $6,841
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    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

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    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $5,308
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    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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    Cash pay $5,687
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    Cash pay $13,398
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    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $7,657
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    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

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    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

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    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

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    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

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    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

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    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

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    Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)

    Alexandria, LA

    56 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $5,963
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    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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