DRG 271 · Cardiovascular

Major Heart & Blood Vessel Surgery Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

Major surgery on the heart or blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm or implanting a device, that does not fall into a more specific category. The stay includes the operation and closely monitored recovery.

State average
$172,326
gross charge · DRG 271
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$22,381 – $348,094
low to high
Lowest $22,381 Highest $348,094

Louisiana hospitals price major heart & blood vessel surgery (Medicare DRG 271) anywhere from $22,381 to $348,094 — a $325,713 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 $172,326.

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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 271 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Opelousas General Health System

    Opelousas, LA

    Gross charge $22,381
    Cash pay $11,190
  2. 2

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $103,001
    Cash pay $77,251
  3. 3

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $133,550
    Cash pay $34,723
  4. 4

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $145,048
    Cash pay $58,019
  5. 5

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $170,092
    Cash pay $47,626
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    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $178,576
    Cash pay $57,144
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    Gross charge $214,701
    Cash pay $55,822
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    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $235,488
    Cash pay $49,452
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,505
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    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $348,094
    Cash pay $62,287
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    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

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    Cash pay $30,447
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    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

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    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

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    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

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    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

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    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

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    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

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    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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    Cash pay $18,184
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    Cash pay $42,350
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    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

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    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

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    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

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    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

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    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

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    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

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    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

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    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

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    Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)

    Alexandria, LA

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    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

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    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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