Fluid & Electrolyte Disorders Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids, and electrolytes with major complications, including severe dehydration.
State average
$59,389
gross charge · DRG 640
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$8,629 – $208,203
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $8,629Cash pay $4,315Medicare pays (avg) $8,153 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $9,640Cash pay $6,748 - 3
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $16,197Cash pay $7,289 - 4
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $18,832Cash pay $8,851 - 5
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $21,613Cash pay $8,645Medicare pays (avg) $8,411 - 6
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $22,687Cash pay $17,015 - 7
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $29,187Cash pay $8,756Medicare pays (avg) $9,114 - 8
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $29,187Cash pay $8,756 - 9
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $35,544Cash pay $11,374 - 10
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $38,305Cash pay $24,130 - 11
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $42,241Cash pay $10,983 - 12
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $45,509 - 13
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $47,270Cash pay $20,799 - 14
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $54,518Cash pay $14,720 - 15
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $58,182Cash pay $14,915Medicare pays (avg) $7,089 - 16Gross charge $65,178Cash pay $18,250
- 17
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $74,904Cash pay $15,730Medicare pays (avg) $7,662 - 18
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $89,923Cash pay $28,775Medicare pays (avg) $8,286 - 19
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $91,009Cash pay $25,483Medicare pays (avg) $9,008 - 20Gross charge $95,633Cash pay $24,865Medicare pays (avg) $12,425
- 21
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $98,683Cash pay $22,697 - 22
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $164,863Cash pay $37,919 - 23
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $208,203Cash pay $41,641 - 24
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,586 - 25Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,449
- 26
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,832 - 27
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,820 - 29Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,048
- 30
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,978 - 36
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —Cash pay $6,277
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- 41
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,328 - 42
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 43
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,245 - 45
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 47
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 49
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,934 - 50
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,329 - 51
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 52
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,640 - 53
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price fluid & electrolyte disorders (Medicare DRG 640) anywhere from $8,629 to $208,203 — a $199,574 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Mary in Morgan City. The state average sits at $59,389.
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 & electrolyte disorders 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 & electrolyte disorders 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 & electrolyte disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 640 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.