Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital treatment for a middle ear infection or an upper respiratory infection, such as a severe sinus or throat infection. The stay typically involves antibiotics, fluids, and monitoring of breathing and other symptoms.
State average
$28,201
gross charge · DRG 152
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$7,374 – $58,474
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $7,374Cash pay $3,687 - 2Gross charge $10,472Cash pay $2,932
- 3
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $10,933Cash pay $2,843 - 4
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $16,673Cash pay $4,668 - 5
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $24,066Cash pay $9,626 - 6Gross charge $30,861Cash pay $8,024
- 7
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $41,473Cash pay $8,709 - 8
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $53,481Cash pay $17,114 - 9
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $58,474Cash pay $12,743 - 10
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,467 - 11Gross charge —
- 12
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 13
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 14
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 15Gross charge —
- 16
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 18
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 19
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —Cash pay $5,511
- 25Gross charge —
- 26
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,953 - 27
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 28
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 34
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 37
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 38
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 39
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price ear & upper respiratory infections (Medicare DRG 152) anywhere from $7,374 to $58,474 — a $51,100 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 $28,201.
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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 152 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.