Premature Newborn Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
State average
$32,834
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$1,676 – $177,680
low to high
Data notes for Louisiana
- The lowest published charge ($1,676 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 $1,676Cash pay $1,257 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $2,034Cash pay $1,424 - 3
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $3,452Cash pay $1,519 - 4
Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)
New Iberia, LA
Gross charge $4,400Cash pay $2,640 - 5
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $5,834 - 6Gross charge $8,566Cash pay $2,227
- 7
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $8,704Cash pay $3,482 - 8
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $15,918Cash pay $7,959 - 9
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $18,511Cash pay $5,183 - 10
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $30,110Cash pay $27,511 - 11
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $117,119Cash pay $26,937 - 12
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $177,680Cash pay $56,858 - 13
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $21,781 - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 16
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 19
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 20
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —Cash pay $11,921
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- 28
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,120 - 29
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 30
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $73,936 - 35
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 37
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge — - 40
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge — - 41
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 42
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —Cash pay $125,539
- 44
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 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 premature newborn (Medicare DRG 792) anywhere from $1,676 to $177,680 — a $176,005 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital in Sulphur; the most expensive is Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge. The state average sits at $32,834.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature 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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 792 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.