Cervical Spinal Fusion Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery that joins (fuses) bones in the neck portion of the spine to relieve pressure on nerves or stabilize the spine. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery, including help getting mobile.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $18,825Cash pay $9,413 - 2
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $30,540Cash pay $38,175 - 3
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $74,785Cash pay $20,940 - 4
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $84,790Cash pay $19,502 - 5
AVALA Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $98,109Cash pay $47,379 - 6
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $141,390Cash pay $56,556 - 7
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $165,238Cash pay $52,876 - 8
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $208,410Cash pay $32,533 - 9Gross charge $223,888Cash pay $58,211
- 10
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $318,054Cash pay $66,791Medicare pays (avg) $16,554 - 11
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $26,035 - 12Gross charge —
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Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 14
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 15
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
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Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 18
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 19
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —Cash pay $15,574
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Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $35,622 - 28
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 29
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,548 - 32
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 36
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 38
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 39
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 40
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price cervical spinal fusion (Medicare DRG 472) anywhere from $18,825 to $318,054 — a $299,229 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 $136,403.
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 cervical spinal fusion at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling cervical spinal 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 cervical spinal fusion in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 472 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.