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
$547,243
gross charge · DRG 271
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$22,381 – $651,939
low to high
Lowest $22,381 Highest $651,939

Louisiana hospitals price major heart & blood vessel surgery (Medicare DRG 271) anywhere from $22,381 to $651,939 — a $629,559 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland. The state average sits at $547,243.

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

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $145,048
    Cash pay $58,019
  4. 4

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $348,094
    Cash pay $62,287
  5. 5

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $143,427
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,505
  6. 6

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $143,427
  7. 7

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  8. 8

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  9. 9

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $143,427
  10. 10
    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  11. 11
    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  12. 12

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  13. 13

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  14. 14

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  15. 15

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  16. 16
    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  17. 17

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $143,427
  18. 18
    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $143,427
  19. 19
    Gross charge $651,939
    Cash pay $149,946
  20. 20

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $30,447
  21. 21

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

    Gross charge
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  29. 29

    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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  30. 30

    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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  31. 31

    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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  33. 33

    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

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  34. 34

    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

    Gross charge
  35. 35
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  36. 36
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  37. 37
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $18,184
  38. 38
    Gross charge
  39. 39
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $42,350
  40. 40
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  41. 41

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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  42. 42

    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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  43. 43

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

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  44. 44

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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  45. 45
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  46. 46

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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