Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Major joint replacement or reattachment of the lower extremity — most commonly elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for hip & knee replacement. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–3 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Operating room time and surgical-team facility fees
- Inpatient room, nursing, and routine medications during the stay
- Implant-related facility charges (varies by hospital — sometimes itemized separately)
- Recovery-room and immediate post-op monitoring
- On-site physical therapy started during admission
Usually billed separately
- Surgeon and anesthesiologist professional fees (billed separately, often by an unaffiliated practice)
- Pre-surgical imaging (MRI/X-ray) and lab work
- Outpatient physical therapy after discharge
- Home health visits or skilled nursing facility stays if needed
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does hip & knee replacement best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Hip/Knee Complications
Tracks how often patients have a serious surgical or medical complication within 90 days — the single most direct quality signal for this surgery.
Hip/Knee Readmissions
How often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower means better recovery planning and follow-up.
Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
Joint replacements carry a real infection risk because implants can't fight bacteria the way native tissue can. Lower SIR is better.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication with nurses, pain control, and discharge planning directly affect recovery for major orthopedic surgery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For hip & knee replacement, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with significant heart, lung, or bleeding-disorder risk, complication and rescue rates often matter more than price.
- Revision surgery (replacement of a prior implant) is technically harder and tends to do better at a high-volume center.
- When extensive post-acute rehab is expected, a hospital with an on-site inpatient rehab unit may be worth a higher total cost.
- When a specific surgeon only operates at certain facilities, surgeon experience usually outweighs price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is the surgeon, anesthesiologist, implant, and on-site physical therapy included in this estimate?
- Is the orthopedic surgeon and anesthesia group in-network for my insurance?
- What is the typical out-of-pocket once my deductible and coinsurance apply?
- What is the hospital's surgical-site infection rate for joint replacements?
- Will I be discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility? Is that cost covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $12,252Cash pay $6,126 - 2
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $18,126Cash pay $13,595Medicare pays (avg) $9,303 - 3
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $19,996Cash pay $24,995 - 4
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $40,392Cash pay $10,906 - 5
Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)
New Iberia, LA
Gross charge $48,190Cash pay $28,914 - 6
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $60,484Cash pay $16,935 - 7
AVALA Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $77,962Cash pay $31,021 - 8
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $78,264Cash pay $18,001 - 9Gross charge $80,345Cash pay $22,497
- 10
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $90,921Cash pay $42,733 - 11
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $113,598Cash pay $45,439Medicare pays (avg) $12,973 - 12
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $117,683Cash pay $27,067 - 13
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $137,643Cash pay $44,046 - 14
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $138,507Cash pay $29,086Medicare pays (avg) $10,256 - 15Gross charge $141,370Cash pay $36,756
- 16
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $174,271Cash pay $29,010 - 17
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,577 - 18Gross charge —
- 19
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,158 - 21
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 22Gross charge —
- 23
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —Cash pay $9,692
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- 33
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,183 - 34
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 35
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 43
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 45
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 46
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 51
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,691
Louisiana hospitals price hip & knee replacement (Medicare DRG 470) anywhere from $12,252 to $174,271 — a $162,019 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 $84,375.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 hip & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement in Louisiana, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 hip & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 470 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.