Esophagus Disorders Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A serious problem with the esophagus, the tube that carries food to the stomach, such as severe inflammation, tears, or blockages. The hospital stay often involves an endoscopy, acid-reducing medicines, and nutrition support.
State average
$33,244
gross charge · DRG 369
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$6,612 – $66,925
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $6,612Cash pay $3,306 - 2
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $19,673Cash pay $6,295 - 3
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $19,945Cash pay $6,382 - 4
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $29,327Cash pay $7,625 - 5
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $31,798Cash pay $12,719 - 6
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $33,046Cash pay $9,253 - 7
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $42,710Cash pay $11,427 - 8
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $49,162Cash pay $10,324 - 9Gross charge $66,925Cash pay $17,401
- 10
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,706 - 11Gross charge —
- 12
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 13
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 14
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 15Gross charge —
- 16
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 18
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 19
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —Cash pay $5,494
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- 26
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,512 - 27
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 28
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 34
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 37
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 38
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price esophagus disorders (Medicare DRG 369) anywhere from $6,612 to $66,925 — a $60,313 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 $33,244.
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 esophagus disorders 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 esophagus disorders 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 esophagus disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 369 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.