Tracheostomy with Long-Term Ventilation Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Placement of a breathing tube in the neck (tracheostomy) for patients who need a ventilator for an extended period. These are long, intensive stays with around-the-clock care, usually in an intensive care unit.
State average
$380,807
gross charge · DRG 004
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$91,813 – $847,885
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $91,813Cash pay $45,907 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $111,669Cash pay $78,168 - 3
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $132,436Cash pay $99,327 - 4Gross charge $204,395Cash pay $57,231
- 5
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $267,278Cash pay $74,838 - 6
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $283,707Cash pay $65,253 - 7
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $300,729Cash pay $96,233 - 8
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $304,560Cash pay $60,912 - 9
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $426,674Cash pay $89,601 - 10
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $458,499Cash pay $183,399 - 11
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $501,797Cash pay $115,413 - 12Gross charge $545,950Cash pay $141,947
- 13
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $580,471Cash pay $75,559 - 14
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $654,248 - 15
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $847,885Cash pay $220,450 - 16
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $129,497 - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $66,953 - 19
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —Cash pay $60,805
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- 32
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $173,735 - 33
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 34
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $103,379 - 37
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 38
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 40
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 41
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 42
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price tracheostomy with long-term ventilation (Medicare DRG 004) anywhere from $91,813 to $847,885 — a $756,072 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics in Lafayette. The state average sits at $380,807.
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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 004 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.