DRG 057 · Nervous System

Degenerative Brain & Nerve Disorders Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

A progressive brain or nerve condition, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or ALS, that needs inpatient care. The stay focuses on managing symptoms, adjusting medicines, and planning for safe care after discharge.

State average
$195,066
gross charge · DRG 057
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$6,901 – $276,837
low to high
Lowest $6,901 Highest $276,837

Louisiana hospitals price degenerative brain & nerve disorders (Medicare DRG 057) anywhere from $6,901 to $276,837 — a $269,936 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is East Carroll Parish Hospital in Lake Providence; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland. The state average sits at $195,066.

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 degenerative brain & nerve disorders 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 degenerative brain & nerve disorders 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 degenerative brain & nerve disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 057 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

    East Carroll Parish Hospital

    Lake Providence, LA

    Gross charge $6,901
    Cash pay $5,176
  2. 2

    Opelousas General Health System

    Opelousas, LA

    Gross charge $8,671
    Cash pay $4,335
  3. 3

    Womans Hospital

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $16,296
  4. 4

    Bayou Bend Hospital

    Franklin, LA

    Gross charge $17,627
    Cash pay $12,339
  5. 5

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $23,959
    Cash pay $17,969
  6. 6

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $77,527
    Cash pay $14,989
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,256
  7. 7

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $86,517
    Cash pay $25,955
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,196
  8. 8

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $96,461
    Cash pay $38,585
  9. 9

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $60,904
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,677
  10. 10

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $60,904
  11. 11

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  12. 12

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  13. 13

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $60,904
  14. 14
    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  15. 15
    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  16. 16

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  17. 17

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  18. 18

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  19. 19

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  20. 20
    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  21. 21

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $60,904
  22. 22
    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $60,904
  23. 23
    Gross charge $276,837
    Cash pay $63,673
  24. 24

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,009
  25. 25

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,091
  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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  33. 33

    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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  41. 41
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $6,464
  42. 42
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  43. 43
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,407
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  45. 45

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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  48. 48

    Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)

    Alexandria, LA

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  49. 49

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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  51. 51

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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