Open gallbladder removal cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for gallbladder removal, open surgery through a larger incision: from $904.21 to $22,351.37, with a median of $5,495.40. The lowest price is at Sabine Medical Center (Many). The highest price is 24.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $5,495.40, is 57% above the US median of $3,501.84.
- Louisiana ranks 15th of 18 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 47600. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$904.21Sabine Medical Center
Median$5,495.40half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22,351.37in Louisiana
Lowest saves$4,591.19vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabine Medical Center lowest Many · Many, LA CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $904.21 | $3,014.04 | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Medical Center Springhill · Minden, LA CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $1,404.20 | $4,130.00 | Mar 22, 2026 source file |
| Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER | $1,528.60 | $2,547.66 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Bayou Bend Health System Franklin · Morgan City, LA Removal of gallbladder | $1,697.50 | $2,425.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Richard Medical Center Bayville · Monroe, LA CHOLECYSTECTOMY OPEN | $2,692.50 | $3,590.00 | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Cholecystectomy; | $8,298.30 | $11,971.00 | Sep 24, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Monroe · Monroe, LA REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER | $10,123.03 | $44,013.18 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER | $16,188.71 | $73,585.04 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER | $17,505.08 | $67,327.24 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA CHOLECYSTECTOMY | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe, LA | 2 | $2,692.50 | $6,407.76 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 2 | $16,188.71 | $19,270.04 |
| Hammond, LA | 1 | $1,528.60 | $1,528.60 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 1 | $8,298.30 | $8,298.30 |
| Many, LA | 1 | $904.21 | $904.21 |
| Minden, LA | 1 | $1,404.20 | $1,404.20 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $1,697.50 | $1,697.50 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 1 | $17,505.08 | $17,505.08 |
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 open gallbladder removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Open gallbladder removal explained.
Gallbladder removal, open surgery through a larger incision in other states
- Alabama$2,078.85, 2 hospitals
- Alaska$11,117.34, 1 hospital
- Arkansas$5,042.96
- California$2,700.80
- Colorado$16,665.35, 4 hospitals
- Connecticut$6,165.00, 2 hospitals
- Florida$20,516.70, 1 hospital
- Georgia$21,252.00
- Idaho$3,630.00, 4 hospitals
- Illinois$5,700.00
- Indiana$2,486.51, 1 hospital
- Iowa$3,874.00, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$2,210.52
- Kentucky$1,532.92, 3 hospitals
- Maine$2,741.77, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$2,766.00, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$11,773.19, 1 hospital
- Michigan$1,517.57
- Minnesota$1,834.50
- Mississippi$2,663.00
- Missouri$2,364.30
- Montana$2,878.41, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$10,530.14, 3 hospitals
- Nevada$10,500.00, 1 hospital
- New Hampshire$254.65, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$5,339.00
- New Mexico$13,518.47, 3 hospitals
- New York$4,202.00
- North Dakota$9,191.00, 1 hospital
- Ohio$3,637.98
- Oklahoma$1,729.60, 3 hospitals
- Oregon$8,424.57, 4 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$4,254.74
- Puerto Rico$1,658.60, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$18,516.64, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$2,148.52, 1 hospital
- South Dakota$5,564.28, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$8,645.21
- Texas$3,102.00
- Utah$1,526.22, 1 hospital
- Vermont$1,432.78, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$27,710.19, 1 hospital
- Washington$2,184.50, 3 hospitals
- West Virginia$1,823.10
- Wisconsin$2,808.06
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.