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Surgery and procedures CPT 22612 Louisiana Outpatient

Lumbar fusion cost in Louisiana

In Louisiana, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for lumbar spinal fusion (posterior), one level: from $10,021.30 to $35,222.36, with a median of $15,920.53. The lowest price is at Sterling Surgical Hospital (Slidell). The highest price is 3.5× the lowest.

  • The median here, $15,920.53, is 9% below the US median of $17,527.00.
  • Louisiana ranks 10th of 23 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 22612. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$10,021.30Sterling Surgical Hospital
Median$15,920.53half of hospitals charge less
Highest$35,222.36in Louisiana
Lowest saves$5,899.23vs the median

Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Sterling Surgical Hospital lowest Slidell · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 22612 - ARTHRD PST TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR $10,021.30 $87,860.69 Aug 11, 2026
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Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Arthrodesis, posterior or posterolateral technique, single level; lumbar (with or without lateral tr $13,624.85 $19,655.00 Sep 24, 2026
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Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe · Monroe, LA ARTHRD PST TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR $15,920.53 — Sep 1, 2026
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Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR $17,167.97 $81,752.24 Apr 1, 2026
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR $35,222.36 $135,470.61 Apr 1, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 1 $13,624.85 $13,624.85
Lafayette, LA 1 $17,167.97 $17,167.97
Monroe, LA 1 $15,920.53 $15,920.53
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 1 $35,222.36 $35,222.36
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 1 $10,021.30 $10,021.30
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What lumbar fusion is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lumbar fusion explained.

Lumbar spinal fusion (posterior), one level in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.