Concierge Doctors in Louisiana

Louisiana ranks thirty-ninth nationally for concierge medicine practices. NextMD lists 22 practices across 7 cities, with an average membership of $109/mo per month.

New Orleans (5 practices) is the primary market. Poppy Direct Care ($100/month plus $100 first visit booking fee, LGBTQ+-inclusive, gender-affirming services, free STI testing, currently accepting) is the sole DPC option and one of the few LGBTQ+-focused DPC practices in the South. MDVIP has 4 physicians: Robert Miles, MD ($2,100/year, currently accepting) and Margaret Morel Pelitere, MD ($2,100/year), John M. Wise, MD ($2,150/year), and Charles C. Smith III, MD ($2,500/year, pulmonology, geriatric medicine, home and nursing home visits, Ochsner Baptist and Touro affiliations). Only 2 of 5 practices are currently accepting new patients.

Metairie (2 practices) extends the New Orleans market across the parish line. Covington (1 practice) serves the Northshore/St. Tammany Parish corridor across Lake Pontchartrain, one of the most affluent areas in the metro. Ochsner Health System (40+ hospitals and clinics, largest in Louisiana) anchors the medical landscape alongside Tulane Medical Center and LCMC Health.

A national actuarial study found that concierge patients visit the ER 40% less often than traditional patients. For context on how concierge medicine pricing works across the US, Louisiana is moderately priced but supply-constrained.