Cellulitis Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$26,550
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
27
with published pricing
Price range
$5,723 – $89,607
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $5,723Cash pay $2,862 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $7,105Cash pay $4,974 - 3
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $7,931Cash pay $4,758 - 4
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $8,467Cash pay $6,350 - 5
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $9,223Cash pay $6,917 - 6
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $9,418Cash pay $7,064 - 7
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $13,979 - 8
Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)
New Iberia, LA
Gross charge $14,336Cash pay $8,601 - 9
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $17,700Cash pay $4,779 - 10
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $19,395Cash pay $8,728 - 11
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $19,952Cash pay $6,385 - 12
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $22,098Cash pay $6,630Medicare pays (avg) $5,499 - 13
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $22,098Cash pay $6,630 - 14
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $22,970Cash pay $4,594 - 15Gross charge $23,254Cash pay $6,511
- 16
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $24,064Cash pay $9,626Medicare pays (avg) $4,179 - 17
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $24,500Cash pay $10,780 - 18
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $26,845Cash pay $12,617 - 19
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $26,965Cash pay $6,202Medicare pays (avg) $5,414 - 20
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $29,120Cash pay $8,154 - 21
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $29,999 - 22
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $32,957Cash pay $10,546Medicare pays (avg) $5,106 - 23
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $45,328Cash pay $9,893Medicare pays (avg) $4,326 - 24Gross charge $48,547Cash pay $12,622
- 25
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $49,396Cash pay $11,361 - 26
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $65,870Cash pay $17,126 - 27
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $89,607Cash pay $18,817Medicare pays (avg) $4,640 - 28
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,794 - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,499 - 33Gross charge —
- 34
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —Cash pay $4,353
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- 45
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,830 - 46
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,129 - 47
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,317 - 49
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,453 - 50
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 51
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 52
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 53
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 54
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,626 - 55
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 56
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,598 - 57
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 603) anywhere from $5,723 to $89,607 — a $83,884 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette. The state average sits at $26,550.
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 603 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.