DRG 881 · Mental Health & Substance Use

Depression Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

Hospital care for depression when symptoms become severe enough to need round-the-clock support. The stay involves a safe, supervised setting, medication management, and therapy.

State average
$55,400
gross charge · DRG 881
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$5,940 – $99,322
low to high
Lowest $5,940 Highest $99,322

Louisiana hospitals price depression (Medicare DRG 881) anywhere from $5,940 to $99,322 — a $93,383 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital in Kaplan. The state average sits at $55,400.

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 depression 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 depression 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 depression in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 881 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 $5,940
    Cash pay $2,970
  2. 2

    Lasalle General Hospital

    Jena, LA

    Gross charge $8,155
    Cash pay $4,893
  3. 3

    Womans Hospital

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $8,250
  4. 4

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $10,770
    Cash pay $4,308
  5. 5

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $24,274
    Cash pay $10,265
  6. 6

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $99,322
    Cash pay $21,851
  7. 7

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $99,322
    Cash pay $21,851
  8. 8

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $99,322
    Cash pay $21,851
  9. 9

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $99,322
    Cash pay $21,851
  10. 10
    Gross charge $99,322
    Cash pay $21,851
  11. 11

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $7,986
  12. 12

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

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    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

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    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

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    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

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    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

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    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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  22. 22

    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

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    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

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    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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  28. 28
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $4,090
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  30. 30
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    Cash pay $11,239
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    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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  35. 35

    Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)

    Alexandria, LA

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  36. 36

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

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    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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