Vaginal Delivery Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Childbirth through vaginal delivery, with an added condition that made the stay more complicated. The stay includes labor and delivery care and recovery time for mother and baby before going home.
State average
$20,998
gross charge · DRG 806
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$4,702 – $54,483
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($4,702 at Opelousas General Health System) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $4,702Cash pay $2,351 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $5,314Cash pay $3,720 - 3
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $9,908Cash pay $7,431 - 4
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $12,013Cash pay $5,286 - 5
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $13,077Cash pay $3,662 - 6
Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)
New Iberia, LA
Gross charge $15,247Cash pay $9,148 - 7
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $15,807 - 8
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $22,862Cash pay $5,258 - 9
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $23,729Cash pay $7,593 - 10
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $24,396Cash pay $9,759 - 11
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $25,975Cash pay $5,532 - 12Gross charge $27,802Cash pay $7,784
- 13
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $38,657Cash pay $8,118 - 14Gross charge $54,483Cash pay $14,166
- 15
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,578 - 16Gross charge —
- 17
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 18
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 19
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —Cash pay $3,746
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- 31
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,897 - 32
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, 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
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 42
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 43
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, 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 vaginal delivery (Medicare DRG 806) anywhere from $4,702 to $54,483 — a $49,782 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 $20,998.
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 vaginal delivery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For vaginal delivery in Louisiana, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 vaginal delivery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 806 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.