X-ray of the shoulder Cost in Baton Rouge, LA (2026)

Prices at 6 hospitals in Baton Rouge, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $343 — 22% above the US median ($282), roughly 9.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	$91	$69	★ 4/5	179 min	14.6%
The Spine Hospital of Louisiana	Baton Rouge, LA	$126	$85	—	—	16.4%
Baton Rouge General Medical Center	Baton Rouge, LA	$343	$84	★ 3/5	207 min	15.5%
The General	Baton Rouge, LA	$343	$84	—	174 min	15.0%
Womans Hospital	Baton Rouge, LA	$631	$505	★ 4/5	147 min	14.8%
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	$1,007	$91	—	—	14.5%

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)

$490

Cash / self-pay

$343

Insurer-negotiated

$84

Medicare pays

$36

$108$819

Median cash $343 · Medicare $36 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $343 — about 9.6× the Medicare rate ($36). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($71).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $490 list price could save about $147 (30%).

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Doctors who perform this in Baton Rouge

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Nickos Hatzis, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	481
Wame Waggenspack, M.D.	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	281
Mark Field, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	248
Larry Bankston, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	184
Mathew Mazoch	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	148
Robert Hayden, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Baton Rouge, LA	142
Ricardo Rodriguez, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	128
Robert Newsome, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Baton Rouge, LA	111
Chad Aultman, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Baton Rouge, LA	102
Alan Schroeder, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	95
Robert Rabalais, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	92
Carey Winder, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Baton Rouge, LA	79

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