Kidney Failure Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
The kidneys lose their ability to filter waste and fluid from the blood, either suddenly or as a worsening of chronic disease. Treatment typically involves IV fluids, adjusting medications, and frequent lab tests to track kidney function.
State average
$21,695
gross charge · DRG 684
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$2,444 – $46,192
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($2,444 at Union General 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
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $2,444Cash pay $1,833 - 2
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $3,943Cash pay $2,957 - 3
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $3,947Cash pay $1,973 - 4
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $4,814Cash pay $3,370 - 5
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $10,968Cash pay $10,305 - 6
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $15,807Cash pay $3,633 - 7
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $22,613Cash pay $9,045 - 8
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,694Medicare pays (avg) $2,669 - 9
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,694 - 10
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953 - 11
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953 - 12
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,694 - 13
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953 - 14Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953
- 15
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953 - 16
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953 - 17
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953 - 18
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953 - 19Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953
- 20
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,694 - 21
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,694 - 22
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $25,884Cash pay $5,953 - 23
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $46,192Cash pay $9,303 - 24
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,360 - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 27
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 40
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —Cash pay $3,100
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- 44
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,468 - 45
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 47
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 51
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 52
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price kidney failure (Medicare DRG 684) anywhere from $2,444 to $46,192 — a $43,748 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Union General Hospital in Farmerville; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $21,695.
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 kidney 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 kidney 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 kidney failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 684 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.