Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$31,896
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$8,882 – $92,301
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $8,882Cash pay $6,217 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $10,266Cash pay $5,133 - 3
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $20,904Cash pay $15,678 - 4
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $27,126Cash pay $10,850 - 5
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $92,301Cash pay $17,743 - 6
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $147,253 - 7
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $147,253 - 8
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,673 - 9Gross charge —
- 10
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947 - 11
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947 - 12
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 13
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 14
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 15
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 16
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $147,253 - 17
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 18
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947 - 19Gross charge —
- 20
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947
- 22
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947 - 29
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947 - 31
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —Cash pay $7,873
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- 34
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,427 - 35
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947 - 36
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 37
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947 - 38Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947
- 39
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $147,253 - 41
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $147,253 - 43
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $153,947 - 44
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price fluid around the lung (Medicare DRG 186) anywhere from $8,882 to $92,301 — a $83,419 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bayou Bend Hospital in Franklin; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $31,896.
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 lung 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 lung 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 lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.