Eye injection cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 22 hospitals publish a cash price for eye injection into the vitreous (intravitreal injection): from $127.14 to $22,351.37, with a median of $303.91. The lowest price is at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport (Shreveport). The highest price is 175.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $303.91, is 49% below the US median of $591.45.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($337.46).
- Louisiana ranks 3rd of 32 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 67028. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$127.14Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Median$303.91half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22,351.37in Louisiana
Lowest saves$176.77vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $127.14 | $489.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $136.92 | $489.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Drug Into Eye | $140.84 | $1,006.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Drug Into Eye | $140.84 | $1,006.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Injection of Drug Into Eye | $140.84 | $1,006.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Drug Into Eye | $140.84 | $1,006.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Drug Into Eye | $175.98 | $1,257.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings · Lake Charles, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $246.50 | $725.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Drug Into Eye | $251.36 | $1,571.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $282.00 | $600.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe · Monroe, LA INJECTION EYE DRUG | $300.48 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Drug Into Eye | $307.34 | $1,397.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injection of Drug Into Eye | $313.20 | $1,160.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $321.09 | $1,529.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $331.76 | $1,276.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $363.44 | $1,652.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA INJECTION EYE DRUG | $472.94 | $788.23 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $502.40 | $1,570.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge · Lafayette, LA HC INTRAVITREAL INJ OF PHARM AGEN | $542.70 | $1,809.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Oaks Medical Center Drive. Hammond · Hammond, LA Intravitreal Njx Pharmacologic Agt Spx | $689.08 | $4,084.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent (separate procedure) | $775.00 | $1,118.00 | Sep 24, 2026 source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA INTRAVITREAL NJX PHARMACOLOGIC AGT SPX | $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.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
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 | 9 | $140.84 | $251.36 |
| Lafayette, LA | 3 | $321.09 | $331.76 |
| Hammond, LA | 2 | $472.94 | $581.01 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 2 | $282.00 | $528.50 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 2 | $127.14 | $132.03 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 1 | $502.40 | $502.40 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 1 | $246.50 | $246.50 |
| Monroe, LA | 1 | $300.48 | $300.48 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1 | $140.84 | $140.84 |
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 eye injection is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Eye injection explained.
Eye injection into the vitreous (intravitreal injection) in other states
- Alabama$405.49, 3 hospitals
- Alaska$691.86
- Arizona$433.09, 2 hospitals
- Arkansas$468.00
- California$884.65
- Colorado$493.35, 3 hospitals
- Connecticut$789.60, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$1,409.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$1,704.31, 2 hospitals
- Florida$833.90
- Georgia$560.10
- Hawaii$2,340.80
- Idaho$927.00
- Illinois$680.00
- Indiana$6,019.04, 4 hospitals
- Iowa$676.20
- Kansas$267.40, 1 hospital
- Kentucky$377.44, 2 hospitals
- Maine$223.13, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$918.21, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$1,270.00
- Michigan$620.93
- Minnesota$493.96
- Mississippi$385.00
- Missouri$331.50
- Montana$459.20
- Nebraska$252.05
- Nevada$405.00, 1 hospital
- New Hampshire$498.24, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$2,264.00
- New Mexico$434.34, 2 hospitals
- New York$721.00
- North Carolina$510.72
- North Dakota$430.43
- Ohio$393.75
- Oklahoma$579.84
- Oregon$708.38
- Pennsylvania$513.32
- Rhode Island$261.45, 3 hospitals
- South Carolina$788.81
- South Dakota$190.48, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$123.60
- Texas$529.20
- Utah$77.00, 1 hospital
- Vermont$496.00, 1 hospital
- Virginia$644.50
- Washington$795.60
- West Virginia$472.25
- Wisconsin$404.95
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.