DRG 064 · Nervous System

Stroke Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain, accompanied by other serious medical problems. Care involves rapid brain imaging, close monitoring in a stroke or intensive care unit, and early rehabilitation once the patient is stable.

State average
$112,891
gross charge · DRG 064
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$12,925 – $134,897
low to high
Lowest $12,925 Highest $134,897

Louisiana hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 064) anywhere from $12,925 to $134,897 — a $121,972 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland. The state average sits at $112,891.

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 064 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 $12,925
    Cash pay $6,463
  2. 2

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $22,089
    Cash pay $16,566
  3. 3

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $39,434
    Cash pay $15,774
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,399
  4. 4

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

    69 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $54,987
    Cash pay $16,496
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,392
  5. 5

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $104,933
    Cash pay $22,338
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,764
  6. 6

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    64 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $29,677
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,845
  7. 7

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $29,677
  8. 8

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  9. 9

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  10. 10

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $29,677
  11. 11
    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  12. 12

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

    Shreveport, LA

    48 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,724
  13. 13

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  14. 14

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  15. 15

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  16. 16

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  17. 17
    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  18. 18

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $29,677
  19. 19
    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $29,677
  20. 20
    Gross charge $134,897
    Cash pay $31,026
  21. 21

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,645
  22. 22

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

    69 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,812
  24. 24

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,831
  25. 25

    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,039
  27. 27

    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,228
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  30. 30

    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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  31. 31

    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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  32. 32

    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

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  33. 33

    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,031
  35. 35

    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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  36. 36
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  37. 37
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  38. 38
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,786
  39. 39
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  40. 40
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $24,458
  41. 41
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  42. 42

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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  43. 43
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  44. 44

    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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  45. 45

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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  46. 46
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  47. 47

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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