Shoulder replacement cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 14 hospitals publish a cash price for total shoulder replacement: from $2,281.30 to $30,206.05, with a median of $16,253.49. The lowest price is at Bayou Bend Health System (Franklin). The highest price is 13.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $16,253.49, is 6% below the US median of $17,285.29.
- Louisiana ranks 18th of 35 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 23472. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$2,281.30Bayou Bend Health System
Median$16,253.49half of hospitals charge less
Highest$30,206.05in Louisiana
Lowest saves$13,972.19vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Bend Health System lowest Franklin · Morgan City, LA Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder | $2,281.30 | $3,259.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $8,702.70 | $33,471.93 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Arthroplasty, glenohumeral joint; total shoulder (glenoid and proximal humeral replacement (eg, tota | $12,637.73 | $18,231.00 | Sep 24, 2026 source file |
| Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $15,177.58 | $32,292.73 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings · Lake Charles, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $15,534.34 | $45,689.23 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $15,759.81 | $56,285.03 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe · Monroe, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $15,920.53 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sterling Surgical Hospital Slidell · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 23472 - RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $16,586.44 | $113,960.10 | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette · New Orleans-Metairie, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $19,478.92 | $60,871.61 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Acadia General Hospital Crowley · Lafayette, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $19,785.79 | $86,025.17 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $22,152.54 | $85,202.09 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $23,136.60 | $110,174.26 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA RECONSTRUCT SHOULDER JOINT | $26,127.83 | $118,762.87 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA ARTHROPLASTY GLENOHUMERAL JOINT TOTAL SHOULDER | $30,206.05 | $51,781.80 | May 26, 2026 source file |
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 area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette, LA | 3 | $8,702.70 | $19,785.79 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 3 | $19,478.92 | $26,127.83 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 2 | $12,637.73 | $13,907.66 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 2 | $15,759.81 | $18,956.18 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 1 | $15,534.34 | $15,534.34 |
| Monroe, LA | 1 | $15,920.53 | $15,920.53 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $2,281.30 | $2,281.30 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1 | $16,586.44 | $16,586.44 |
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 shoulder replacement is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Shoulder replacement explained.
Total shoulder replacement in other states
- Alabama$23,511.43
- Alaska$66,263.03, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$30,255.35
- Arkansas$4,569.30
- California$11,340.00
- Colorado$16,317.39
- Connecticut$8,310.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$10,359.80, 1 hospital
- Florida$23,945.30
- Georgia$15,440.00
- Hawaii$18,755.80, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$17,113.00
- Illinois$9,872.22
- Indiana$34,732.37
- Iowa$6,875.50
- Kansas$10,688.25
- Kentucky$13,327.99
- Maine$3,610.62, 1 hospital
- Maryland$18.43, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$110,496.94, 3 hospitals
- Michigan$24,109.66
- Minnesota$5,702.99
- Mississippi$14,003.85
- Missouri$13,391.87
- Montana$9,298.58
- Nebraska$20,773.20
- Nevada$14,785.50, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$6,002.71, 3 hospitals
- New Jersey$6,311.00
- New Mexico$32,779.00
- New York$21,762.05
- North Carolina$11,674.90
- North Dakota$10,668.29, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$54,508.43
- Oklahoma$23,085.00
- Oregon$13,379.33
- Pennsylvania$32,300.37
- Rhode Island$12,941.80, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$53,715.02
- South Dakota$11,194.09, 3 hospitals
- Tennessee$15,655.31
- Texas$17,527.00
- Utah$14,175.00, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$18,139.11, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$55,467.55
- Washington$27,054.63
- West Virginia$9,941.34
- Wisconsin$6,045.20
- Wyoming$7,681.32, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.