Bacterial Meningitis & Brain Infections Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A serious bacterial infection of the brain or spinal cord, such as bacterial meningitis or a brain abscess, in patients who also have complicating conditions. The stay typically involves IV antibiotics, close monitoring, and tests such as brain imaging or a spinal tap.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $15,576Cash pay $7,788 - 2
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $18,722Cash pay $5,991 - 3Gross charge $54,420Cash pay $14,149
- 4
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $126,421Cash pay $26,549 - 5Gross charge $130,060Cash pay $36,417
- 6
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $151,874Cash pay $17,200 - 7
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $209,559Cash pay $58,676 - 8
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $218,954Cash pay $87,582 - 9
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $21,003 - 10Gross charge —
- 11
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 12
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 13
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 16
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 18
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 19
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —Cash pay $12,787
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- 25
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $29,475 - 26
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 27
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 34
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 37
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 38
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price bacterial meningitis & brain infections (Medicare DRG 095) anywhere from $15,576 to $218,954 — a $203,378 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. The state average sits at $115,698.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists bacterial meningitis & brain infections at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent bacterial meningitis & brain infections admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Louisiana hospitals missing from the list either don't perform bacterial meningitis & brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 095 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.