Gastric sleeve surgery cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for weight loss: from $3,788.40 to $19,446.59, with a median of $12,295.56. The lowest price is at Bayou Bend Health System (Franklin). The highest price is 5.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $12,295.56, is 44% above the US median of $8,532.10.
- Louisiana ranks 9th of 17 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 43775. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$3,788.40Bayou Bend Health System
Median$12,295.56half of hospitals charge less
Highest$19,446.59in Louisiana
Lowest saves$8,507.16vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Bend Health System lowest Franklin · Morgan City, LA Partial removal of stomach for weight loss using an endoscope | $3,788.40 | $5,412.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA LAP SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY | $5,832.43 | $22,432.43 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA LAP SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY | $12,295.56 | $58,550.27 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; longitudinal gastrectomy (ie, sleeve gastrecto | $16,539.75 | $23,860.00 | Sep 24, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA LAP SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY | $19,446.59 | $88,393.59 | Apr 1, 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 | 2 | $5,832.43 | $9,064.00 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 1 | $16,539.75 | $16,539.75 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $3,788.40 | $3,788.40 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 1 | $19,446.59 | $19,446.59 |
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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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for weight loss in other states
- Alabama$32,966.33, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$28,644.53, 1 hospital
- Arkansas$14,448.46
- California$6,423.20
- Colorado$9,658.32, 1 hospital
- Connecticut$6,295.00, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$11,533.65, 1 hospital
- Florida$24,544.88
- Georgia$59,077.30, 2 hospitals
- Idaho$32,839.00
- Illinois$57,487.92
- Indiana$30,580.44
- Iowa$78,897.61, 1 hospital
- Kansas$2,900.65, 1 hospital
- Kentucky$2,075.12
- Maryland$6,125.52, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$9,581.36, 1 hospital
- Michigan$1,698.00
- Minnesota$5,276.65, 4 hospitals
- Mississippi$7,402.50, 3 hospitals
- Missouri$21,149.34
- Nebraska$4,652.28, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$4,881.00
- New Mexico$21,498.64, 3 hospitals
- New York$22,545.75
- North Carolina$9,085.09, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$36,386.90
- Oklahoma$3,013.50, 1 hospital
- Oregon$35,239.10, 1 hospital
- Pennsylvania$11,484.03
- South Carolina$47,557.23, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$12,673.78, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$6,403.69
- Texas$9,724.44
- Virginia$42,830.53, 4 hospitals
- Washington$2,632.25, 3 hospitals
- West Virginia$29,936.00, 3 hospitals
- Wisconsin$8,532.10
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.