DRG 683 · Kidney & Urinary

Renal Failure Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for renal failure with complications.

State average
$21,583
gross charge · DRG 683
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$5,776 – $49,075
low to high
Lowest $5,776 Highest $49,075

Louisiana hospitals price renal failure (Medicare DRG 683) anywhere from $5,776 to $49,075 — a $43,299 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 $21,583.

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 renal failure 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 renal failure 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 renal failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 683 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

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $5,776
    Cash pay $2,888
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,344
  2. 2

    Union General Hospital

    Farmerville, LA

    Gross charge $6,821
    Cash pay $5,116
  3. 3

    Lasalle General Hospital

    Jena, LA

    Gross charge $8,110
    Cash pay $4,866
  4. 4
    Gross charge $11,408
    Cash pay $5,020
  5. 5

    Bayou Bend Hospital

    Franklin, LA

    Gross charge $12,298
    Cash pay $8,608
  6. 6
    Gross charge $12,879
    Cash pay $3,606
  7. 7
    Gross charge $13,235
    Cash pay $5,956
  8. 8

    Jackson Parish Hospital

    Jonesboro, LA

    Gross charge $13,750
  9. 9

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $14,829
    Cash pay $11,122
  10. 10

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $16,230
    Cash pay $7,628
  11. 11

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $16,875
    Cash pay $5,400
  12. 12

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

    84 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $19,014
    Cash pay $5,704
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,675
  13. 13

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $19,014
    Cash pay $5,704
  14. 14

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $19,137
    Cash pay $7,655
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,693
  15. 15
    Gross charge $19,460
    Cash pay $5,254
  16. 16

    Womans Hospital

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $24,250
  17. 17

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $24,378
    Cash pay $7,801
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,111
  18. 18

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,999
    Cash pay $5,200
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,527
  19. 19

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $27,265
    Cash pay $7,634
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,262
  20. 20

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $27,482
    Cash pay $6,321
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,287
  21. 21

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,567
    Cash pay $8,467
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,081
  22. 22

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $35,401
    Cash pay $8,142
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,567
  23. 23

    Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center (Kings Hwy)

    Shreveport, LA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $40,085
    Cash pay $10,422
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,730
  24. 24

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    67 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $44,234
    Cash pay $9,289
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,824
  25. 25

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $49,075
    Cash pay $9,982
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,720
  26. 26

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $7,935
  27. 27

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,598
  28. 28

    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,229
  29. 29

    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,751
  31. 31

    Northern Louisiana Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ruston, LA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,680
  32. 32
    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,298
  37. 37

    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,489
  38. 38

    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

    Gross charge
  39. 39
    Gross charge
  40. 40
    Gross charge
  41. 41
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $4,484
  42. 42
    Gross charge
  43. 43
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $10,929
  44. 44

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

    Gross charge
  45. 45
    Gross charge
  46. 46

    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,054
  47. 47

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,541
  48. 48
    Gross charge
  49. 49
    Gross charge
  50. 50

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

    Gross charge
  51. 51

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,958
  52. 52

    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

    80 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,825
  53. 53
    Gross charge
  54. 54

    Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)

    Alexandria, LA

    73 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,005
  55. 55
    Gross charge

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