Vaginal Delivery Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A vaginal birth, without tubal ligation or a D&C, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers labor, delivery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$18,353
gross charge · DRG 805
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$6,038 – $33,581
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $6,038Cash pay $4,226 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $6,485Cash pay $3,242 - 3
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $9,821Cash pay $7,366 - 4
Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)
New Iberia, LA
Gross charge $15,257Cash pay $9,154 - 5
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $17,723 - 6
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $21,793Cash pay $4,794 - 7
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $21,793Cash pay $4,794 - 8
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $21,793Cash pay $4,794 - 9
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $21,793Cash pay $4,794 - 10
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $21,793Cash pay $4,794 - 11
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $22,370Cash pay $8,948 - 12
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $33,581Cash pay $8,298 - 13
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,882 - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 16
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 18
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, 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
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —Cash pay $5,252
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- 32
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,271 - 33
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price vaginal delivery (Medicare DRG 805) anywhere from $6,038 to $33,581 — a $27,544 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bayou Bend Hospital in Franklin; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $18,353.
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 805 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.