Encephalitis & Other Brain Infections Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A serious nervous system infection not caused by common bacteria, such as viral encephalitis or a fungal infection of the brain, in patients who also have major complicating conditions. The stay typically involves IV medicines, brain imaging, a spinal tap, and close monitoring.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $12,466Cash pay $8,726 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $23,292Cash pay $11,646 - 3
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $37,750Cash pay $15,100 - 4
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $108,557Cash pay $40,257 - 5
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $64,892 - 6
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $64,892 - 7
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842 - 8
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842 - 9
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $64,892 - 10
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842 - 11Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842
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Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842 - 13
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842 - 14
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842 - 15
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842 - 16Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842
- 17
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $64,892 - 18
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $64,892 - 19
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $294,964Cash pay $67,842 - 20
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $32,039 - 21Gross charge —
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Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 23
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 35
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —Cash pay $19,178
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Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $44,074 - 40
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 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
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price encephalitis & other brain infections (Medicare DRG 097) anywhere from $12,466 to $294,964 — a $282,498 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bayou Bend Hospital in Franklin; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland. The state average sits at $242,448.
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 097 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.