Infection Requiring Surgery Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection that requires an operation as part of treatment, such as surgery to remove infected tissue or drain an abscess. The stay involves the operation plus IV antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
State average
$160,611
gross charge · DRG 853
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$18,074 – $350,219
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $18,074Cash pay $12,652 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $32,497Cash pay $16,249Medicare pays (avg) $28,649 - 3
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $57,667Cash pay $18,453 - 4
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $72,083Cash pay $54,062 - 5
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $85,314Cash pay $23,035 - 6
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $92,904Cash pay $43,665 - 7
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $98,121Cash pay $39,248Medicare pays (avg) $26,520 - 8
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $102,538 - 9
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $153,323Cash pay $42,931 - 10Gross charge $173,593Cash pay $48,606
- 11
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $179,432Cash pay $57,418Medicare pays (avg) $30,354 - 12
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $208,040Cash pay $54,090 - 13
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $237,383Cash pay $46,808Medicare pays (avg) $29,848 - 14
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $246,737Cash pay $56,750 - 15Gross charge $254,713Cash pay $66,225Medicare pays (avg) $60,800
- 16
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $257,351Cash pay $54,044Medicare pays (avg) $29,370 - 17
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $271,006Cash pay $62,331 - 18
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $350,219Cash pay $70,044 - 19
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $44,041 - 20Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,790
- 21
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,682 - 22
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,123 - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,042 - 31
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —Cash pay $25,336
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- 35
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $61,493 - 36
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 37
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $23,103 - 39
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $37,271 - 40
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 41
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $37,487 - 42
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $24,250 - 43
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,181 - 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 infection requiring surgery (Medicare DRG 853) anywhere from $18,074 to $350,219 — a $332,145 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bayou Bend Hospital in Franklin; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Mary in Morgan City. The state average sits at $160,611.
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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 853 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.