Heart Valve Infection (Endocarditis) Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
An infection of the heart's inner lining or valves, known as endocarditis, which is serious and requires hospital care. The stay typically involves IV antibiotics, blood tests, and heart imaging to check the valves.
State average
$51,722
gross charge · DRG 288
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$15,879 – $125,867
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $15,879Cash pay $3,335 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $17,749Cash pay $8,874 - 3Gross charge $28,869Cash pay $7,506
- 4
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $29,940Cash pay $7,784 - 5
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $33,557 - 6
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $47,349Cash pay $15,152 - 7
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $57,226Cash pay $22,890 - 8
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $109,059Cash pay $30,673 - 9Gross charge $125,867Cash pay $35,243
- 10
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,843 - 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 $13,696
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- 26
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $33,585 - 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 — - 39
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross 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 heart valve infection (endocarditis) (Medicare DRG 288) anywhere from $15,879 to $125,867 — a $109,987 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette; the most expensive is Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center (St Mary Pl) in Shreveport. The state average sits at $51,722.
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 valve infection (endocarditis) 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 valve infection (endocarditis) 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 valve infection (endocarditis) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 288 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.