Mini-Stroke (TIA) Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), or "mini-stroke," in which blood flow to part of the brain is briefly blocked and stroke-like symptoms resolve on their own. The stay focuses on brain imaging, heart monitoring, and starting medications to prevent a future stroke.
State average
$29,608
gross charge · DRG 069
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$3,118 – $54,884
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($3,118 at Jackson Parish 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
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $3,118 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $5,199Cash pay $2,599 - 3
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $6,232Cash pay $4,674 - 4
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $9,212Cash pay $6,909 - 5
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $12,219Cash pay $8,553 - 6
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $26,816Cash pay $8,045 - 7
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,591Medicare pays (avg) $4,002 - 8
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,591 - 9
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936 - 10
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936 - 11
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,591 - 12
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936 - 13Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936
- 14
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936 - 15
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936 - 16
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936 - 17
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936 - 18Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936
- 19
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,591 - 20
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,591 - 21
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $34,504Cash pay $7,936 - 22
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $45,733Cash pay $8,986 - 23
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $54,884Cash pay $21,954 - 24
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,036 - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,249 - 27
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,595 - 28
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,083 - 30
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,026 - 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
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —Cash pay $4,014
- 42Gross charge —
- 43
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,838 - 44
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 46
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price mini-stroke (tia) (Medicare DRG 069) anywhere from $3,118 to $54,884 — a $51,766 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Jackson Parish Hospital in Jonesboro; the most expensive is St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. The state average sits at $29,608.
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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 069 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.