Healthy Newborn Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A healthy baby's routine hospital stay after birth, including newborn exams, screening tests, and feeding support before going home.
State average
$4,986
gross charge · DRG 795
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$1,265 – $10,532
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($1,265 at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $1,265Cash pay $949 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $1,298Cash pay $649 - 3
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $2,101Cash pay $1,470 - 4
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $2,358Cash pay $755 - 5
Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)
New Iberia, LA
Gross charge $2,431Cash pay $1,459 - 6
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $3,124Cash pay $1,250 - 7
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $4,186 - 8
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $5,241Cash pay $1,467 - 9
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $5,678Cash pay $1,192 - 10
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $8,066Cash pay $1,855 - 11
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $8,979Cash pay $3,951 - 12
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $9,556Cash pay $2,244 - 13Gross charge $10,532Cash pay $2,949
- 14
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,777 - 15Gross charge —
- 16
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —Cash pay $973
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- 29
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,457 - 30
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 31
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 36
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 39
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 42
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price healthy newborn (Medicare DRG 795) anywhere from $1,265 to $10,532 — a $9,267 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital in Sulphur; the most expensive is Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center (St Mary Pl) in Shreveport. The state average sits at $4,986.
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 healthy newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For healthy newborn in Louisiana, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 healthy newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 795 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.