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Cash prices Louisiana Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Louisiana without insurance

Of 67 hospitals in Louisiana we can compare, Sterling Surgical Hospital (Slidell) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 56% below the Louisiana median across 170 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Louisiana hospitals, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical priceBelow medianAbove median
1. Sterling Surgical Hospital Slidell 56% below 148 of 170 20 of 170
2. Ochsner St Mary Morgan City 56% below 294 of 364 67 of 364
3. Springhill Medical Center Springhill 50% below 258 of 305 44 of 305
4. Acadia General Hospital Crowley 48% below 346 of 397 46 of 397
5. Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings 44% below 333 of 411 72 of 411
6. Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans 43% below 391 of 505 111 of 505
7. Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner 42% below 305 of 373 65 of 373
8. Sabine Medical Center Many 41% below 227 of 281 53 of 281
9. Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette 40% below 380 of 451 69 of 451
10. Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge 40% below 331 of 428 93 of 428
11. St Charles Parish Hospital Luling 36% below 314 of 378 61 of 378
12. St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette 34% below 291 of 383 92 of 383
13. Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe 34% below 295 of 416 112 of 416
14. Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette 33% below 353 of 449 81 of 449
15. Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge 31% below 279 of 360 76 of 360
16. Touro Infirmary New Orleans 31% below 364 of 475 104 of 475
17. Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport 31% below 364 of 460 92 of 460
18. East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie 27% below 306 of 471 119 of 471
19. Lakeside Hospital Metairie 27% below 306 of 471 119 of 471
20. Lakeview Hospital Covington 27% below 306 of 471 119 of 471
21. Tulane Medical Center New Orleans 27% below 306 of 471 119 of 471
22. Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma 26% below 332 of 434 95 of 434
23. Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport 26% below 327 of 456 121 of 456
24. New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans 23% below 275 of 367 88 of 367
25. West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero 22% below 376 of 476 94 of 476
26. Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Monroe 17% below 284 of 425 131 of 425
27. University Med Center New Orleans 14% below 316 of 486 155 of 486
28. Allen Parish Hospital Kinder 12% below 160 of 256 93 of 256
29. Fairway Medical Center Covington 12% below 90 of 160 70 of 160
30. Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland 10% below 257 of 427 164 of 427
31. Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan 9% below 204 of 357 145 of 357
32. Franklin Medical Center Winnsboro at median 131 of 271 136 of 271
33. Lasalle General Hospital Jena 2% above 167 of 352 180 of 352
34. St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria 2% above 177 of 370 191 of 370
35. Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence 5% above 165 of 410 235 of 410
36. Richard Medical Center Bayville 5% above 44 of 94 49 of 94
37. Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Natchitoches 8% above 147 of 367 212 of 367
38. Childrens Hospital New Orleans 9% above 188 of 476 278 of 476
39. Bayou Bend Health System Franklin 12% above 180 of 441 257 of 441
40. North Oaks Medical Center Drive. Hammond 15% above 186 of 419 231 of 419
41. Minden Medical Center Minden 24% above 130 of 326 192 of 326
42. Madison Parish Hospital Tallulah 26% above 76 of 279 198 of 279
43. Acadian Medical Center Eunice 29% above 83 of 327 241 of 327
44. Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi Delhi 33% above 58 of 310 245 of 310
45. St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg 34% above 105 of 300 189 of 300
46. Reeves Memorial Medical Center Bernice 40% above 63 of 323 254 of 323
47. Byrd Regional Hospital Leesville 44% above 79 of 319 234 of 319
48. Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Lake Charles 49% above 55 of 365 305 of 365
49. Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe 51% above 60 of 286 222 of 286
50. Acadia St Landry Church Point 53% above 34 of 288 253 of 288
51. Opelousas General Main Campus Opelousas 53% above 36 of 324 286 of 324
52. Jackson Parish Hospital Jonesboro 71% above 8 of 274 264 of 274
53. St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans 71% above 21 of 206 184 of 206
54. Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop 78% above 20 of 293 269 of 293
55. Physicians Medical Center F Houma 90% above 35 of 248 211 of 248
56. West Feliciana Parish Hospital St Francisville 91% above 16 of 371 353 of 371
57. Bunkie General Hospital Bunkie 92% above 33 of 300 265 of 300
58. Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish Houma 95% above 14 of 369 354 of 369
59. Surgical Specialty Center Baton Rouge 96% above 1 of 192 191 of 192
60. Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport 107% above 92 of 341 247 of 341
61. Baton Rouge General Medical Center Baton Rouge 110% above 8 of 342 333 of 342
62. Lady of the Sea General Hospital Cut Off 161% above 10 of 300 290 of 300
63. Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches Natchitoches 163% above 32 of 385 353 of 385
64. Hardtner Medical Center Olla 169% above 44 of 335 291 of 335
65. Northern Louisiana Medical Center Ruston 220% above 6 of 314 308 of 314
66. Rapides Regional Medical Center Alexandria 529% above 18 of 323 304 of 323
67. Omega Hospital Metairie 670% above 45 of 255 206 of 255
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Not in the ranking: BridgePoint Continuing Care Hospital - WJMC Campus (Marrero), Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital (Alexandria), Coushatta Health Care Center, Highland Medical Center - Shreveport, Ochsner Lake Area Hospital (Lake Charles), Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital (Lake Charles), West Carroll Memorial Hospital (Oak Grove), Woman's Hospital Foundation (Baton Rouge) — their price files list no cash price (all US hospitals without one).

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How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Louisiana hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.