Stroke Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.
State average
$44,325
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$6,608 – $169,224
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $6,608Cash pay $3,304Medicare pays (avg) $5,345 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $11,972Cash pay $8,380 - 3
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $11,987Cash pay $5,634 - 4
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $14,133Cash pay $10,600 - 5
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $18,161Cash pay $5,811 - 6
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $19,468Cash pay $8,566 - 7
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $24,852Cash pay $7,953Medicare pays (avg) $5,286 - 8
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $25,712Cash pay $6,942 - 9
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $29,725Cash pay $11,890Medicare pays (avg) $4,842 - 10
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $33,291Cash pay $7,657 - 11
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $35,579Cash pay $9,962Medicare pays (avg) $6,073 - 12
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $44,221Cash pay $13,266Medicare pays (avg) $6,040 - 13
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $44,221Cash pay $13,266 - 14
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $45,489Cash pay $10,462 - 15
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $50,563Cash pay $10,113 - 16
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $53,636Cash pay $13,945 - 17
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $62,137Cash pay $11,421Medicare pays (avg) $5,261 - 18
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $141,202Cash pay $29,652Medicare pays (avg) $5,031 - 19Gross charge $169,224Cash pay $43,998Medicare pays (avg) $9,430
- 20
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,954 - 21Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,098
- 22
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,440 - 23
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,159 - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,183 - 32
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —Cash pay $5,202
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- 37
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,503 - 38
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 39
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,632 - 41
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 42
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 43
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,599 - 44
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,708 - 45
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
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Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,049 - 49
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 51
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 065) anywhere from $6,608 to $169,224 — a $162,617 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 $44,325.
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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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.