COPD Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation with major comorbidities.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for copd. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- Oxygen therapy and (if needed) BiPAP or ventilator support
- IV steroids, antibiotics, and nebulizer treatments
- Chest imaging and routine labs during admission
Usually billed separately
- Pulmonologist and hospitalist professional fees
- Outpatient pulmonary rehab program
- Home oxygen equipment after discharge
- Long-term inhaler maintenance medications
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does copd best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
COPD Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation survive 30 days.
COPD Readmissions
COPD is among the most-readmitted conditions. Strong discharge planning and pulmonary rehab referral lower this.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For copd, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For advanced COPD with frequent exacerbations, a hospital with a strong outpatient pulmonary program may be worth paying more for.
- For patients being considered for lung volume reduction surgery or transplant, an academic medical center is typically the right setting.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is home oxygen prescribed, and is the supplier in my insurance network?
- Is there a pulmonary rehab program available after discharge?
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $7,297Cash pay $3,649Medicare pays (avg) $6,892 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $7,335Cash pay $5,135 - 3
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $8,939Cash pay $6,704 - 4
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $9,643Cash pay $5,786 - 5
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $14,982Cash pay $7,042 - 6
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $17,566Cash pay $5,621 - 7
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $20,363Cash pay $8,960 - 8
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $21,314Cash pay $9,591 - 9
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $21,887Cash pay $5,034 - 10
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $23,296Cash pay $17,472 - 11
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $26,329Cash pay $7,109 - 12
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $27,574Cash pay $8,824Medicare pays (avg) $6,849 - 13
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $29,580Cash pay $24,492 - 14
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $32,453Cash pay $9,736Medicare pays (avg) $6,608 - 15
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $32,453Cash pay $9,736 - 16Gross charge $34,904Cash pay $9,075
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Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $35,982Cash pay $7,196 - 18
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $36,767Cash pay $9,559 - 19
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $42,508Cash pay $11,902 - 20
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $47,112Cash pay $18,845Medicare pays (avg) $6,021 - 21
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $58,700Cash pay $13,501 - 22
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $70,798Cash pay $14,868Medicare pays (avg) $6,079 - 23
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $78,196Cash pay $12,615Medicare pays (avg) $6,036 - 24
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,708 - 25Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,583
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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 —Medicare pays (avg) $7,191 - 29Gross charge —
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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 —Medicare pays (avg) $7,841 - 34
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,499 - 35
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,609 - 36
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,258 - 37
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —Cash pay $5,738
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Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,808 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $5,730 - 45
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 47
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 49
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,874 - 51
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 52Gross charge —
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Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,523 - 54
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price copd (Medicare DRG 190) anywhere from $7,297 to $78,196 — a $70,899 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $30,695.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 190 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.