Respiratory Infection Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
An infection or inflammation deep in the lungs, such as aspiration pneumonia or a lung abscess. Hospital care typically involves IV antibiotics, oxygen if needed, and monitoring of breathing.
State average
$20,093
gross charge · DRG 179
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$5,001 – $44,582
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $5,001Cash pay $2,501 - 2
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $5,229Cash pay $3,660 - 3
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $6,974Cash pay $4,184 - 4
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $9,097Cash pay $6,822 - 5
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $10,544Cash pay $7,908 - 6
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $13,493Cash pay $3,103 - 7
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $13,930Cash pay $4,179 - 8
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $13,930Cash pay $4,179 - 9
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $18,593Cash pay $8,181 - 10
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $19,894Cash pay $5,371 - 11
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $21,040Cash pay $15,780 - 12
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $21,698Cash pay $5,641 - 13
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $25,772Cash pay $8,644 - 14
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $27,033Cash pay $8,651 - 15
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $27,423Cash pay $5,759 - 16
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $28,156Cash pay $7,884 - 17Gross charge $29,198Cash pay $7,591
- 18
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $40,186Cash pay $16,074 - 19
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $44,582Cash pay $8,916 - 20
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,724 - 21Gross charge —
- 22
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 28
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —Cash pay $4,451
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Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,464 - 38
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 39
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 41
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 43
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 45
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 46
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —
- 48
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 51
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 52
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 53
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price respiratory infection (Medicare DRG 179) anywhere from $5,001 to $44,582 — a $39,581 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Mary in Morgan City. The state average sits at $20,093.
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 respiratory infection 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 respiratory infection 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 respiratory infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 179 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.