Diabetes Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for diabetes with complications such as ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar state, or severe hypoglycemia.
State average
$32,362
gross charge · DRG 638
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$5,960 – $89,445
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $5,960Cash pay $2,980 - 2
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $8,098Cash pay $4,859 - 3
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $9,647Cash pay $6,753 - 4
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $9,692Cash pay $4,555 - 5
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $11,508Cash pay $5,064 - 6
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $12,883Cash pay $4,123 - 7Gross charge $14,779Cash pay $4,138
- 8
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $18,455Cash pay $13,841 - 9
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $21,526Cash pay $8,610Medicare pays (avg) $4,024 - 10
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $21,858Cash pay $6,557Medicare pays (avg) $5,517 - 11
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $21,858Cash pay $6,557 - 12
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $24,245Cash pay $5,576 - 13
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $29,895Cash pay $9,566 - 14
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $33,651Cash pay $9,086 - 15
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $40,220Cash pay $8,044 - 16
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $42,544Cash pay $11,912 - 17
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $42,685Cash pay $10,300Medicare pays (avg) $4,812 - 18Gross charge $51,933Cash pay $13,503
- 19
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $54,856Cash pay $12,617 - 20
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $60,487Cash pay $12,702Medicare pays (avg) $4,475 - 21
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $85,728Cash pay $22,289Medicare pays (avg) $10,509 - 22
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $89,445Cash pay $40,250 - 23
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,923 - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,329 - 26
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —Cash pay $4,485
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- 40
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,277 - 41
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 42
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 46
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 48
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,858 - 50
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 51
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,201 - 52
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 638) anywhere from $5,960 to $89,445 — a $83,486 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 $32,362.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 638 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.