Shoulder & Elbow Replacement Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A planned operation to replace a damaged shoulder or elbow joint with an artificial one, usually because of severe arthritis or injury. The stay covers the surgery, pain control, and the start of physical therapy.
State average
$115,291
gross charge · DRG 322
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$11,756 – $227,347
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $11,756Cash pay $5,878Medicare pays (avg) $10,467 - 2
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $51,635Cash pay $38,727 - 3
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $55,631Cash pay $26,147 - 4
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $68,342Cash pay $21,869 - 5
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $96,624Cash pay $27,055 - 6
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $97,609Cash pay $39,044Medicare pays (avg) $9,021 - 7
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $123,920Cash pay $32,219 - 8
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $128,521Cash pay $29,560 - 9
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $156,531Cash pay $32,871Medicare pays (avg) $9,723 - 10
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $182,626Cash pay $58,440 - 11
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $182,954Cash pay $32,826Medicare pays (avg) $9,223 - 12Gross charge $227,347Cash pay $59,110
- 13
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,063 - 14Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,258
- 15
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,431 - 16
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,213 - 18Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,655
- 19
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,810 - 25
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —Cash pay $12,269
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- 29
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,245 - 30
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,539 - 32
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,554 - 33
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 35
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,384 - 36
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,469 - 37
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 38
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 39
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,646 - 45
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price shoulder & elbow replacement (Medicare DRG 322) anywhere from $11,756 to $227,347 — a $215,591 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 $115,291.
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 replacement 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 replacement 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 replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 322 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.