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
$39,395
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$7,264 – $172,650
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $7,264Cash pay $3,414 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $9,547Cash pay $4,773 - 3
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $11,000Cash pay $3,520 - 4
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $12,606Cash pay $7,564 - 5
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $15,374Cash pay $6,765 - 6
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $16,508Cash pay $4,457 - 7
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $18,090Cash pay $8,141 - 8
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $24,288Cash pay $18,216 - 9
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $25,010 - 10
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $30,596Cash pay $7,037 - 11
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $31,225Cash pay $8,119 - 12
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $36,419Cash pay $10,197 - 13
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $37,057Cash pay $14,823 - 14
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $38,112Cash pay $7,622 - 15Gross charge $39,482Cash pay $11,055
- 16
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $42,055Cash pay $12,616Medicare pays (avg) $9,199 - 17
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $42,055Cash pay $12,616 - 18
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $46,230Cash pay $16,501 - 19
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $50,488Cash pay $11,612 - 20
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $55,176Cash pay $17,656 - 21Gross charge $66,337Cash pay $17,248
- 22
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $78,506 - 23
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $172,650Cash pay $36,256Medicare pays (avg) $8,716 - 24
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,104 - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —Cash pay $7,395
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- 41
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $18,064 - 42
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 43
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 46
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 47
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 49
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,002 - 51
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 52
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 53
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 602) anywhere from $7,264 to $172,650 — a $165,386 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma; the most expensive is Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette. The state average sits at $39,395.
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.