Endoscopic cyst drainage cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 17 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy with drainage of a pseudocyst through the stomach wall: from $551.32 to $22,351.37, with a median of $1,666.00. The lowest price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner (Kenner). The highest price is 40.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,666.00, is 62% below the US median of $4,395.78.
- Louisiana ranks 5th 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 43240. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$551.32Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner
Median$1,666.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22,351.37in Louisiana
Lowest saves$1,114.68vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL | $551.32 | $1,969.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL | $762.96 | $3,468.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Cyst of the Esophagus Stomach and/or Upper Small Bowel | $935.84 | $5,849.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL | $1,054.40 | $3,295.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Cyst of the Esophagus Stomach and/or Upper Small Bowel | $1,226.94 | $5,577.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Cyst of the Esophagus Stomach and/or Upper Small Bowel | $1,642.90 | $11,735.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Cyst of the Esophagus Stomach and/or Upper Small Bowel | $1,666.00 | $11,900.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Cyst of the Esophagus Stomach and/or Upper Small Bowel | $1,666.00 | $11,900.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Drainage of Cyst of the Esophagus Stomach and/or Upper Small Bowel | $1,666.00 | $11,900.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Cyst of the Esophagus Stomach and/or Upper Small Bowel | $1,666.00 | $11,900.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL | $1,671.02 | $6,427.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL | $1,799.56 | $6,427.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Drainage of Cyst of the Esophagus Stomach and/or Upper Small Bowel | $2,493.18 | $9,234.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL | $2,968.98 | $14,138.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC EGD, W/EUS, DRAIN CYST, TRANSMURAL | $3,675.88 | $14,138.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe · Monroe, LA EGD W/TRANSMURAL DRAIN CYST | $5,522.74 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA EGD TRANSORAL TRANSMURAL DRAINAGE PSEUDOCYST | $22,351.37 | $38,316.63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 10 | $551.32 | $1,654.45 |
| Lafayette, LA | 2 | $2,968.98 | $3,322.43 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 2 | $1,671.02 | $1,735.29 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 1 | $1,054.40 | $1,054.40 |
| Monroe, LA | 1 | $5,522.74 | $5,522.74 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1 | $1,666.00 | $1,666.00 |
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
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Upper endoscopy with drainage of a pseudocyst through the stomach wall in other states
- Alabama$5,354.94, 3 hospitals
- Alaska$5,859.00, 1 hospital
- Arizona$5,835.81, 2 hospitals
- Arkansas$1,104.60
- California$7,162.40
- Colorado$4,245.47, 1 hospital
- Connecticut$13,409.43, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$9,055.20, 2 hospitals
- Florida$6,238.27
- Georgia$1,051.05
- Hawaii$5,309.50, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$10,986.00
- Illinois$4,375.00
- Indiana$11,694.15, 4 hospitals
- Iowa$3,509.80, 3 hospitals
- Kentucky$3,765.00, 3 hospitals
- Maine$982.67, 1 hospital
- Maryland$1,136.00, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$16,017.12
- Michigan$3,546.40
- Minnesota$3,237.96
- Mississippi$3,410.50, 4 hospitals
- Missouri$11,543.40
- Montana$1,101.60, 3 hospitals
- Nebraska$1,679.60, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$6,603.00, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$1,926.96, 3 hospitals
- New Jersey$6,588.93
- New Mexico$3,325.20, 3 hospitals
- New York$7,044.32
- North Carolina$3,814.20
- North Dakota$3,226.29, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$4,568.20
- Oklahoma$5,488.50
- Oregon$8,822.45, 1 hospital
- Pennsylvania$8,454.00
- Rhode Island$9,876.50, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$7,696.20
- Tennessee$1,195.92
- Texas$1,332.64
- Utah$6,404.79, 1 hospital
- Vermont$6,053.00, 1 hospital
- Virginia$7,383.60
- Washington$5,415.50
- West Virginia$3,451.92, 2 hospitals
- Wisconsin$3,546.40
- Wyoming$2,532.24, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.