ECMO or Tracheostomy with Ventilation Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
The most intensive level of life support: a heart-lung bypass machine (ECMO) or a surgically placed breathing tube (tracheostomy) with a ventilator for an extended period. These are long intensive-care stays for critically ill patients whose heart or lungs are failing.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $139,258Cash pay $69,629 - 2
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $202,769Cash pay $152,077 - 3
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $312,050Cash pay $124,820 - 4
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $436,443Cash pay $122,204 - 5
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $462,770Cash pay $148,086 - 6
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $488,056Cash pay $112,253 - 7
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $505,757Cash pay $131,497 - 8
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $635,481Cash pay $133,451Medicare pays (avg) $120,699 - 9
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $823,353Cash pay $240,661 - 10Gross charge $1,057,563Cash pay $274,966Medicare pays (avg) $185,800
- 11
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $1,231,315 - 12Gross charge $2,665,977Cash pay $746,473
- 13
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $187,818 - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 16
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
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Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —Cash pay $97,438
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- 29
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $263,511 - 30
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 31
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $152,807 - 34
Sabine Medical Center
Many, 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
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 39
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 40
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation (Medicare DRG 003) anywhere from $139,258 to $2,665,977 — a $2,526,719 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 (St Mary Pl) in Shreveport. The state average sits at $746,733.
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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 003 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.