DRG 419 · Digestive

Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery to remove the gallbladder, usually for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. The stay involves the operation and a short recovery, often just a day or two.

State average
$89,270
gross charge · DRG 419
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$8,561 – $107,400
low to high
Lowest $8,561 Highest $107,400

Louisiana hospitals price gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) (Medicare DRG 419) anywhere from $8,561 to $107,400 — a $98,838 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $89,270.

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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 419 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 $8,561
    Cash pay $4,281
  2. 2

    Womans Hospital

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $29,045
  3. 3

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $29,097
    Cash pay $21,823
  4. 4

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $58,831
    Cash pay $23,533
  5. 5

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $22,769
  6. 6

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $22,769
  7. 7

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  8. 8

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  9. 9

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $22,769
  10. 10
    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  11. 11
    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  12. 12

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  13. 13

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  14. 14

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  15. 15

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  16. 16
    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  17. 17

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $22,769
  18. 18
    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $22,769
  19. 19
    Gross charge $103,497
    Cash pay $23,804
  20. 20

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $107,400
    Cash pay $15,965
  21. 21

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $11,568
  22. 22

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

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  23. 23

    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

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  24. 24

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

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  25. 25

    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

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  26. 26

    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

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  27. 27

    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

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  29. 29
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  30. 30

    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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  31. 31

    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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  32. 32

    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

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  33. 33

    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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  34. 34

    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

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  35. 35

    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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  36. 36
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  37. 37
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  38. 38
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $6,708
  39. 39
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  40. 40
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,200
  41. 41
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  42. 42

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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  43. 43
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  44. 44

    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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  45. 45

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

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  46. 46

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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  47. 47
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  48. 48

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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