Major Chest Surgery Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, such as removing part of a lung. The stay includes the operation, a chest tube while the lungs heal, and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$231,899
gross charge · DRG 164
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$16,355 – $273,159
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $16,355Cash pay $8,177 - 2
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $43,196Cash pay $32,397 - 3
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $119,566Cash pay $47,826 - 4
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $57,989Medicare pays (avg) $15,324 - 5
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $57,989 - 6
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625 - 7
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625 - 8
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $57,989 - 9
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625 - 10Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625
- 11
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625 - 12
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625 - 13
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625 - 14
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625 - 15Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625
- 16
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $57,989 - 17
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $57,989 - 18
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $263,587Cash pay $60,625 - 19
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $273,159Cash pay $50,858 - 20
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,467 - 21Gross charge —
- 22
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 23
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 35
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —Cash pay $13,544
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- 39
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,948 - 40
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 42
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,238 - 45
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price major chest surgery (Medicare DRG 164) anywhere from $16,355 to $273,159 — a $256,804 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 $231,899.
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 major chest surgery 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 major chest surgery 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 major chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 164 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.