Pneumonia Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy without major complications.
State average
$19,261
gross charge · DRG 195
Hospitals
24
with published pricing
Price range
$4,046 – $42,120
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($4,046 at Opelousas General Health System) 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
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $4,046Cash pay $2,023 - 2
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $5,563Cash pay $2,615 - 3
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $5,920Cash pay $3,552 - 4
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $6,841Cash pay $3,010 - 5
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $8,205Cash pay $6,154 - 6
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $11,079Cash pay $8,310 - 7
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $11,311Cash pay $3,620 - 8
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $12,236Cash pay $9,177 - 9
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $12,876Cash pay $9,013 - 10
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $17,560Cash pay $7,024 - 11
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $19,343Cash pay $8,704 - 12
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $21,148Cash pay $4,441 - 13
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $21,759Cash pay $5,875 - 14
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $21,843Cash pay $6,553 - 15
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $21,843Cash pay $6,553 - 16
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $22,757Cash pay $4,551 - 17
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $23,277Cash pay $5,354 - 18Gross charge $23,923Cash pay $6,220
- 19Gross charge $24,679Cash pay $6,910
- 20
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $26,402Cash pay $8,449 - 21
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $30,422Cash pay $7,910 - 22
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $31,054Cash pay $8,695 - 23
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $36,050Cash pay $8,291 - 24
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $42,120Cash pay $6,994 - 25
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,511 - 26Gross charge —
- 27
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —Cash pay $3,396
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- 42
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,656 - 43
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 44
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 48
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 50
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 51
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 52
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 53
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 54
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price pneumonia (Medicare DRG 195) anywhere from $4,046 to $42,120 — a $38,074 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $19,261.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 195 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.