3 procedures · 4 hospitals · New Orleans-Metairie, LA · 1,279 staffed beds across 4 facilities · files published through July 2026
What 3 common medical procedures actually cost at 4 hospitals in metropolitan New Orleans, LA (New Orleans-Metairie, LA), read from each hospital's own federally-required price-transparency file. Prices here run from about $17,428 for a Vaginal Delivery to $34,357 for a Hip/Knee Replacement. Hospitals covered include OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER, OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-KENNER, BRIDGEPOINT CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL. Every figure is tied to a named hospital and its file's publication date. These are price references from public data — not a quote, a bill, or medical or financial advice.
Important — a price reference, not a bill
These figures are aggregated from hospitals' public price-transparency files — not a quote, a
bill, an insurance benefit determination, or medical advice. Your actual out-of-pocket cost
depends on your insurance plan (deductible, copay, coinsurance, network), the exact service and
any complications, and which hospital you use. Always confirm price and coverage with the
hospital and your insurer before care.
What the New Orleans numbers show
The widest gap in New Orleans: the same C-Section costs 6.2× as much at one hospital as at another
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER reports $8,689 for a C-Section; OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL reports $54,073 for the same billing codes, in the same metro.
The New Orleans files behind this page span March 2026 to July 2026
Hospitals republish their Standard Charges file roughly once a year and each carries its own date, so these figures were not all filed at the same moment. Every hospital's own publication date is in its entry below.
How the negotiated, cash and chargemaster figures differ — and where each comes from — is
explained on the methodology page.
Cheapest to dearest, the same Hip/Knee Replacement costs 52% more across New Orleans-area hospitals: OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER reports $27,301, OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL reports $41,633 — a modest gap for identical billing codes.
The middle half fall between $27,301 and $41,468 — the upper end is 1.5× the lower, so the median hides a lot.
Every New Orleans-area hospital price for a Hip/Knee Replacement (4)
Every New Orleans-area hospital reporting a Hip/Knee Replacement in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $34,357 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Cheapest to dearest, the same C-Section costs 6.2× as much across New Orleans-area hospitals: OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER reports $8,689, OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL reports $54,073 — an unusually wide gap for identical billing codes.
The middle half fall between $8,689 and $44,578 — the upper end is 5.1× the lower, so the median hides a lot.
Every New Orleans-area hospital price for a C-Section (4)
Every New Orleans-area hospital reporting a C-Section in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $25,051 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Hospital
Negotiated
vs median
Cash
List price
File date
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
$8,689
65% below median
$5,083
$18,153
Apr 2026
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-KENNER
$8,689
65% below median
$5,083
$18,153
Apr 2026
BRIDGEPOINT CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL
$41,412
65% above median
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Jul 2026
OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL
$54,073
116% above median
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Apr 2026
How these 4 hospitals label a C-Section in their own files
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
MS DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION;SOI -Major; MS DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION;SOI -Moder; MS DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION;SOI -Minor; MS DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC;APR DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION;SOI -Moderate (and 4 more line items)
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-KENNER
MS DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION;SOI -Major; MS DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION;SOI -Moder; MS DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION;SOI -Minor; MS DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC;APR DRG -CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION;SOI -Moderate (and 4 more line items)
BRIDGEPOINT CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL
Cesarean Section without Sterilization with MCC; Cesarean Section without Sterilization with CC
OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH CC
Cheapest to dearest, the same Vaginal Delivery costs 5.3× as much across New Orleans-area hospitals: OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER reports $5,662, BRIDGEPOINT CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL reports $30,276 — an unusually wide gap for identical billing codes.
The middle half fall between $5,662 and $29,464 — the upper end is 5.2× the lower, so the median hides a lot.
Every New Orleans-area hospital price for a Vaginal Delivery (4)
Every New Orleans-area hospital reporting a Vaginal Delivery in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $17,428 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Hospital
Negotiated
vs median
Cash
List price
File date
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
$5,662
68% below median
$3,585
$12,805
Apr 2026
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-KENNER
$5,662
68% below median
$3,585
$12,805
Apr 2026
OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL
$29,193
68% above median
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Apr 2026
BRIDGEPOINT CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL
$30,276
74% above median
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Jul 2026
How these 4 hospitals label a Vaginal Delivery in their own files
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
MS DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY;SOI -Moderate; MS DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY;SOI -Major; MS DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY;SOI -Minor; MS DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC;APR DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY;SOI -Moderate (and 4 more line items)
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-KENNER
MS DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY;SOI -Moderate; MS DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY;SOI -Major; MS DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC;APR DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY;SOI -Minor; MS DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC;APR DRG -VAGINAL DELIVERY;SOI -Moderate (and 4 more line items)
OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH CC
BRIDGEPOINT CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL
Vaginal Delivery without Sterilization or D&C without CC/MCC; Vaginal Delivery without Sterilization or D&C with MCC
The 4 New Orleans-area hospitals behind these prices
Every price on this page comes from one of these hospitals' own machine-readable Standard
Charges files. They sit in 4 different towns
(Jefferson, Kenner, Marrero, New Orleans) across 1county
(Jefferson). A hospital's ownership, size and the completeness of its file all
shape what you see above.
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER
1516 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA (Jefferson County)
It is a large 1074-bed private non-profit acute-care hospital with an emergency department. CMS rates it 4 stars out of 5 overall.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here, a self-pay cash price on 3 and a chargemaster list price on 3. Its file was last published March 2026 as CSV (CMS schema v3), and lists up to 42 payer-specific rates on a single tracked line item.
180 West Esplanade Avenue, Kenner, LA (Jefferson County)
It is a mid-sized 126-bed private non-profit acute-care hospital with an emergency department. CMS rates it 4 stars out of 5 overall.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here, a self-pay cash price on 3 and a chargemaster list price on 3. Its file was last published March 2026 as CSV (CMS schema v3), and lists up to 42 payer-specific rates on a single tracked line item.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here. Its file was last published March 2026 as CSV (CMS schema v3), and lists up to 7 payer-specific rates on a single tracked line item.
Source: hospitals' own machine-readable Standard Charges files,
published under the U.S. Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR §180.50).
Most recent hospital file in this dataset: July 2026.
Prices are references, not quotes or bills, and never medical or financial advice —
where a hospital reports no price, nothing is shown rather than a guess.
Frequently asked questions
Which New Orleans hospitals publish their prices?
4 New Orleans-area hospitals publish a usable Standard Charges file covering the procedures tracked here: OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER, OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-KENNER, BRIDGEPOINT CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL, OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL. Each hospital's own file date, bed count and what it does and does not report are listed on this page.
What is the cheapest and most expensive procedure priced in New Orleans?
Of the 3 procedures tracked here, a Vaginal Delivery has the lowest typical negotiated price at $17,428 and a Hip/Knee Replacement the highest at $34,357. Both figures are medians across the New Orleans-area hospitals that published a rate for them.