# Heart valve surgery with catheterization (hospital stay): what Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for major heart valve or chest surgery with catheterization, complicated cases.

- Insurer: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
- Billing code: 216 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, facility fee
- Prices as of: 2026-09-01
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 67 | $56,906.00 | $86,937.30 | $122,421.96 | $140,608.19 | $246,321.12 |

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/bcbsla/statemap_216_US.html  
About this insurer's data, and its other procedures: [index.md](index.md)