Headache Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$98,856
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$5,524 – $119,195
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $5,524Cash pay $2,762 - 2
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $6,592Cash pay $4,944 - 3
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $23,073Cash pay $9,229 - 4
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $55,145Cash pay $9,548 - 5
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $26,223Medicare pays (avg) $4,289 - 6
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $26,223 - 7
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415 - 8
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415 - 9
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $26,223 - 10
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415 - 11Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415
- 12
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415 - 13
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415 - 14
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415 - 15
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415 - 16Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415
- 17
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $26,223 - 18
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $26,223 - 19
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $119,195Cash pay $27,415 - 20
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,421 - 21Gross charge —
- 22
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 $4,230
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- 39
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,454 - 40
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $907 - 43
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 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 headache (Medicare DRG 103) anywhere from $5,524 to $119,195 — a $113,671 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland. The state average sits at $98,856.
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 headache 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 headache 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 headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 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.