Heart Failure Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$44,612
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$8,478 – $114,093
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $8,478Cash pay $4,239Medicare pays (avg) $7,510 - 2
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $10,129Cash pay $7,597 - 3
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $11,300Cash pay $6,780Medicare pays (avg) $9,604 - 4
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $11,487Cash pay $5,399 - 5
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $15,813Cash pay $11,859 - 6
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $16,522Cash pay $11,565 - 7
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $17,764Cash pay $13,323Medicare pays (avg) $7,935 - 8
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $19,657Cash pay $8,649 - 9
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $22,579Cash pay $7,225Medicare pays (avg) $6,938 - 10
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $25,558Cash pay $6,901Medicare pays (avg) $7,910 - 11
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $29,333Cash pay $11,733Medicare pays (avg) $7,015 - 12
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $30,430Cash pay $9,129Medicare pays (avg) $8,774 - 13
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $30,430Cash pay $9,129 - 14
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $35,343 - 15
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $35,443Cash pay $8,152Medicare pays (avg) $8,272 - 16
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $53,124Cash pay $23,906 - 17
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $56,521Cash pay $18,087Medicare pays (avg) $7,801 - 18
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $63,297 - 19
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $67,590Cash pay $14,654Medicare pays (avg) $7,201 - 20
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $75,446Cash pay $15,844Medicare pays (avg) $7,197 - 21
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $77,179Cash pay $21,610Medicare pays (avg) $8,263 - 22
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $88,823Cash pay $20,429Medicare pays (avg) $9,506 - 23Gross charge $98,315Cash pay $25,562Medicare pays (avg) $11,523
- 24
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $100,639Cash pay $26,166Medicare pays (avg) $12,304 - 25
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $114,093Cash pay $22,819Medicare pays (avg) $10,864 - 26
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,310 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,871
- 28
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,730 - 29
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,794 - 30
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,426 - 31Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,310
- 32
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,351 - 35
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,915 - 36
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,204 - 37
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,713 - 38
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,835 - 39
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,822 - 40
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —Cash pay $6,468
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- 43
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,043 - 44
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,517 - 45
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,699 - 47
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,011 - 48
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 49
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 51
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,836 - 52
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,459 - 53
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 54Gross charge —
- 55
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,018 - 56
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 291) anywhere from $8,478 to $114,093 — a $105,615 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Mary in Morgan City. The state average sits at $44,612.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.