Extreme Prematurity or Newborn Breathing Problems Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Care for newborns born extremely early or with underdeveloped lungs (respiratory distress syndrome). These babies are cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit with breathing support, warmth, and feeding assistance.
State average
$493,821
gross charge · DRG 790
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$3,280 – $1,099,586
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($3,280 at Bayou Bend 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
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $3,280Cash pay $2,296 - 2
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $38,628Cash pay $19,314 - 3
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $103,934 - 4
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $143,785Cash pay $57,514 - 5
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $124,479 - 6
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $124,479 - 7
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137 - 8
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137 - 9
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $124,479 - 10
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137 - 11Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137
- 12
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137 - 13
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137 - 14
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137 - 15
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137 - 16Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137
- 17
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $124,479 - 18
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $124,479 - 19
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $565,814Cash pay $130,137 - 20
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $1,099,586Cash pay $256,462 - 21
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $52,857 - 22Gross 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 $28,928
- 38Gross charge —
- 39
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $73,094 - 40
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 42
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, 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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems (Medicare DRG 790) anywhere from $3,280 to $1,099,586 — a $1,096,306 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bayou Bend Hospital in Franklin; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $493,821.
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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems 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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems 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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 790 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.