Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Middle-ear infections and upper airway infections, such as severe sinus or throat infections, that need inpatient care. The stay usually involves antibiotics or other medication, fluids, and monitoring.
State average
$29,480
gross charge · DRG 153
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$4,624 – $39,806
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($4,624 at Opelousas General Health System) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $4,624Cash pay $2,312 - 2
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $6,749Cash pay $4,049 - 3
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $9,373Cash pay $7,030 - 4
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $14,239Cash pay $5,696 - 5
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $16,884Cash pay $11,819 - 6
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $19,603Cash pay $14,702 - 7
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $7,880 - 8
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $7,880 - 9
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238 - 10
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238 - 11
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $7,880 - 12
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238 - 13Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238
- 14
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238 - 15
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238 - 16
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238 - 17
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238 - 18Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238
- 19
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $7,880 - 20
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $7,880 - 21
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $35,818Cash pay $8,238 - 22
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $39,806Cash pay $7,992 - 23
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,473 - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 26
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 39
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —Cash pay $3,637
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- 43
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,751 - 44
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 46
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 51
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 52
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price ear & upper respiratory infections (Medicare DRG 153) anywhere from $4,624 to $39,806 — a $35,182 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 $29,480.
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 153 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.