Office visit, new patient (level 3) cost in Louisiana

Prices at 50 hospitals in Louisiana, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $84 — 55% below the US median ($189), roughly 0.7× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma, LA $20 $39 ★ 3/5 128 min 14.8%
Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA $21 $38
New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LA $24 $38 137 min 14.9%
Minden Medical Center Minden, LA $25 $42 ★ 2/5 117 min 15.5%
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LA $29 $38 ★ 3/5 154 min 15.0%
Ochsner St Mary Morgan City, LA $33 $114 ★ 2/5 81 min 15.4%
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent Shreveport, LA $33 $114 ★ 2/5
East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie, LA $35 $38 ★ 2/5 162 min 15.3%
Ochsner Medical Center Acute New Orleans, LA $37 $132 ★ 4/5 168 min 16.2%
Sabine Medical Center Many, LA $46 $131 128 min 15.4%
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA $51 $119 ★ 4/5 179 min 14.6%
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Monroe, LA $58 $177 ★ 3/5 155 min 15.2%
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport, LA $58 $115 ★ 2/5 247 min 15.8%
Glenwood Regional Medical Center West Monroe, LA $65 $55 ★ 2/5 152 min 15.9%
Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings, LA $71 $60 ★ 2/5 104 min 15.3%
Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland, LA $73 $70 119 min 14.5%
Slidell Memorial Hospital Slidell, LA $75 $152 ★ 2/5 203 min 16.0%
West Feliciana Parish Hospital Saint Francisville, LA $79 $109 94 min
Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA $79 $250
Lallie Kemp Medical Center Independence, LA $80 $78 106 min
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA $80 $77 87 min 14.9%
Desoto Regional Health System Mansfield, LA $81 $115 ★ 2/5 107 min 14.3%
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA $88 $86 ★ 3/5 108 min 15.4%
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Lake Charles, LA $101 $84 ★ 3/5 217 min 15.2%
Madison Parish Hospital Tallulah, LA $103 $114 121 min

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated August 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$205
Cash / self-pay
$84
Insurer-negotiated
$100
Medicare pays
$118
$30$192
Median cash $84  ·  Medicare $118  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $84 — about 0.7× the Medicare rate ($118). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($235).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $205 list price could save about $121 (59%).

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