Pacemaker implant cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient
In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pacemaker implant (dual chamber) as an inpatient: from $7,130.48 to $10,190.72, with a median of $7,606.06. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $475.58 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $10,364.82 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 33208, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New Orleans-Metairie, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V | $7,130.48 | $25,466.00 | — | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V | $7,606.06 | $34,573.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V | $10,190.72 | $31,846.00 | — | 68% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $7,130.48, median $7,606.06, highest $10,190.72 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $9,619.62 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
This procedure implants a pacemaker with leads in two heart chambers.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 33208 ($12,824.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LAHC INS/RPL PERM PACER A&V | $622.08 | file |