Encephalitis & Other Brain Infections Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
An infection of the brain or nervous system not caused by common bacteria, such as viral encephalitis or a fungal infection. Treatment involves antiviral or antifungal medicines and close monitoring.
State average
$72,116
gross charge · DRG 098
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$14,096 – $125,440
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $14,096Cash pay $7,048 - 2
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $30,314Cash pay $22,736 - 3
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $35,833Cash pay $16,842 - 4Gross charge $46,187Cash pay $12,932
- 5
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $47,716Cash pay $12,406 - 6
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $57,132Cash pay $18,282 - 7
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $58,695Cash pay $13,500 - 8
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $100,753 - 9
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $108,247Cash pay $24,359 - 10Gross charge $116,476Cash pay $30,284
- 11
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $124,504Cash pay $26,146 - 12
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $125,440Cash pay $50,176 - 13
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $18,980 - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 16
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —Cash pay $10,774
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- 29
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $26,673 - 30
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 31
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 36
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 39
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 40
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price encephalitis & other brain infections (Medicare DRG 098) anywhere from $14,096 to $125,440 — a $111,344 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. The state average sits at $72,116.
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 encephalitis & other brain 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 encephalitis & other brain 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 encephalitis & other brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 098 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.