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Cash prices New Orleans, LA Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in New Orleans, LA without insurance

Of 14 hospitals in the New Orleans, LA area we can compare, Ochsner Clinic Foundation (New Orleans) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 43% below the Louisiana median across 505 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical price vs stateBelow medianAbove median
1. Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans 43% below 391 of 505 111 of 505
2. Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner 42% below 305 of 373 65 of 373
3. St Charles Parish Hospital Luling 36% below 314 of 378 61 of 378
4. St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette 34% below 291 of 383 92 of 383
5. Touro Infirmary New Orleans 31% below 364 of 475 104 of 475
6. East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie 27% below 306 of 471 119 of 471
7. Lakeside Hospital Metairie 27% below 306 of 471 119 of 471
8. Tulane Medical Center New Orleans 27% below 306 of 471 119 of 471
9. New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans 23% below 275 of 367 88 of 367
10. West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero 22% below 376 of 476 94 of 476
11. University Med Center New Orleans 14% below 316 of 486 155 of 486
12. Childrens Hospital New Orleans 9% above 188 of 476 278 of 476
13. St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans 71% above 21 of 206 184 of 206
14. Omega Hospital Metairie 670% above 45 of 255 206 of 255
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Not in the ranking: BridgePoint Continuing Care Hospital - WJMC Campus (Marrero) — its price file lists no cash price (all US hospitals without one).

Procedure costs in the New Orleans, LA area

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.