DRG 270 · Cardiovascular

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

Major surgery on the heart or the body's largest blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm, in patients who also have serious complicating conditions. Recovery usually includes time in intensive care with close monitoring.

State average
$229,154
gross charge · DRG 270
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$33,353 – $479,632
low to high
Lowest $33,353 Highest $479,632

Louisiana hospitals price major heart & vessel surgery (Medicare DRG 270) anywhere from $33,353 to $479,632 — a $446,279 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center (Kings Hwy) in Shreveport. The state average sits at $229,154.

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 & 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 & 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 & vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 270 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 $33,353
    Cash pay $16,677
  2. 2

    Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)

    New Iberia, LA

    Gross charge $59,243
    Cash pay $35,546
  3. 3

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $136,083
    Cash pay $54,433
  4. 4

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $181,323
    Cash pay $58,024
  5. 5

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $196,740
    Cash pay $55,087
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    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $365,964
    Cash pay $57,641
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    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $380,892
    Cash pay $79,987
    Medicare pays (avg) $33,890
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    Gross charge $479,632
    Cash pay $124,704
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    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

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    Cash pay $44,548
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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 $26,454
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    Cash pay $63,112
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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

    18 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $42,572
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    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, 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

    20 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $34,321
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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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