Heart Failure Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
The heart isn't pumping as strongly as it should, causing fluid buildup and shortness of breath. Treatment usually involves IV medicines to remove extra fluid and adjustments to heart medications.
State average
$14,072
gross charge · DRG 293
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$2,404 – $37,698
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($2,404 at Bayou Bend Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $2,404Cash pay $1,683 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $3,565Cash pay $1,783 - 3
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $5,883Cash pay $1,353 - 4
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $7,131Cash pay $2,282 - 5
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $7,657Cash pay $5,743 - 6
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $8,495Cash pay $1,699 - 7
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $10,349Cash pay $4,554 - 8
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $12,192Cash pay $9,144 - 9Gross charge $12,239Cash pay $3,182
- 10
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $14,036Cash pay $4,491 - 11
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $16,977Cash pay $6,791 - 12
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $17,823Cash pay $4,634 - 13
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $17,865Cash pay $5,359 - 14
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $17,865Cash pay $5,359 - 15
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $32,967Cash pay $6,923 - 16
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $37,698Cash pay $6,165 - 17
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $4,946 - 18Gross charge —
- 19
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $525 - 20
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —Cash pay $3,008
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- 35
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,747 - 36
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 37
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 40
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 42
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 44
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 45
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 51
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 52
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 53
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 293) anywhere from $2,404 to $37,698 — a $35,294 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bayou Bend Hospital in Franklin; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $14,072.
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 293 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.