DRG 602 · Skin

Cellulitis Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

A spreading infection of the skin and the tissue beneath it. The hospital stay involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, along with treatment of other serious health problems occurring at the same time.

State average
$59,180
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$9,547 – $78,506
low to high
Lowest $9,547 Highest $78,506

Louisiana hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 602) anywhere from $9,547 to $78,506 — a $68,959 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Jackson Parish Hospital in Jonesboro. The state average sits at $59,180.

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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 602 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Opelousas General Health System

    Opelousas, LA

    Gross charge $9,547
    Cash pay $4,773
  2. 2

    Lasalle General Hospital

    Jena, LA

    Gross charge $12,606
    Cash pay $7,564
  3. 3

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $24,288
    Cash pay $18,216
  4. 4

    Womans Hospital

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $25,010
  5. 5

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $37,057
    Cash pay $14,823
  6. 6

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $42,055
    Cash pay $12,616
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,199
  7. 7

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $46,230
    Cash pay $16,501
  8. 8

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $15,926
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,716
  9. 9

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $15,926
  10. 10

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  11. 11

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  12. 12

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $15,926
  13. 13
    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  14. 14
    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  15. 15

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  16. 16

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  17. 17

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  18. 18

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
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    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  20. 20

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $15,926
  21. 21
    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $15,926
  22. 22
    Gross charge $72,389
    Cash pay $16,649
  23. 23

    Jackson Parish Hospital

    Jonesboro, LA

    Gross charge $78,506
  24. 24

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $13,104
  25. 25

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

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    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

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  27. 27

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

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  28. 28

    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

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  29. 29

    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

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  30. 30

    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

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    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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  35. 35

    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

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  36. 36

    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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  37. 37

    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

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  38. 38

    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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  42. 42
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $7,395
  43. 43
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  44. 44
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $18,064
  45. 45
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  46. 46

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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  47. 47
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  48. 48

    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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  49. 49

    Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)

    Alexandria, LA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $8,002
  50. 50

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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  53. 53

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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