DRG 512 · Musculoskeletal

Shoulder, Elbow & Forearm Surgery Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery on the shoulder, elbow, or forearm — such as fracture repair or tendon and ligament procedures — not including full joint replacement. The stay typically involves the operation, pain control, and early guidance on using the arm safely.

State average
$73,824
gross charge · DRG 512
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$10,447 – $117,867
low to high
Lowest $10,447 Highest $117,867

Louisiana hospitals price shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery (Medicare DRG 512) anywhere from $10,447 to $117,867 — a $107,420 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 $73,824.

Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery in Louisiana, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 512 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 $10,447
    Cash pay $5,224
  2. 2

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $23,408
    Cash pay $17,556
  3. 3

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $58,664
    Cash pay $23,466
  4. 4

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $17,487
  5. 5

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $17,487
  6. 6

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  7. 7

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  8. 8

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $17,487
  9. 9
    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  10. 10
    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  11. 11

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  12. 12

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  13. 13

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  14. 14

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  15. 15
    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  16. 16

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $17,487
  17. 17
    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $17,487
  18. 18
    Gross charge $79,484
    Cash pay $18,281
  19. 19

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $117,867
    Cash pay $18,054
  20. 20

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $14,217
  21. 21

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

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  22. 22

    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

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  23. 23

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

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  24. 24

    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

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  25. 25

    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

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  26. 26

    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

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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

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  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

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  35. 35
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  36. 36
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  37. 37
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $7,928
  38. 38
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  39. 39
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $19,769
  40. 40
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  41. 41

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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  42. 42

    Bayou Bend Hospital

    Franklin, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $3,046
  43. 43
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  44. 44

    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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  45. 45

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

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  46. 46

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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  47. 47
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  48. 48

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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