Fluid Around the Lungs Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. Treatment usually involves draining the fluid and treating the underlying cause.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $6,524Cash pay $3,262 - 2
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $8,250Cash pay $2,145 - 3
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $8,822Cash pay $5,293 - 4
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $13,263Cash pay $3,714 - 5Gross charge $24,337Cash pay $6,328
- 6
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $24,402 - 7
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $27,149Cash pay $20,362 - 8
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $45,010Cash pay $9,452 - 9
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $45,691Cash pay $18,276 - 10
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $47,909Cash pay $11,019 - 11
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $48,963Cash pay $11,274 - 12
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,777 - 13Gross charge —
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Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 15
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 16
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
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Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 19
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —Cash pay $5,268
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- 28
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,345 - 29
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 30
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,956 - 33
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 35
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 38
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 39
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge — - 41
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —
- 43
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price fluid around the lungs (Medicare DRG 187) anywhere from $6,524 to $48,963 — a $42,439 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 $27,302.
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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 187 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.