DRG 178 · Respiratory

Respiratory Infection Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for respiratory infections and inflammations with complications.

State average
$37,931
gross charge · DRG 178
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$6,446 – $180,234
low to high
Lowest $6,446 Highest $180,234

Louisiana hospitals price respiratory infection (Medicare DRG 178) anywhere from $6,446 to $180,234 — a $173,787 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center (Kings Hwy) in Shreveport. The state average sits at $37,931.

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 178 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Opelousas General Health System

    Opelousas, LA

    Gross charge $6,446
    Cash pay $3,223
  2. 2

    Lasalle General Hospital

    Jena, LA

    Gross charge $8,791
    Cash pay $5,275
  3. 3
    Gross charge $15,371
    Cash pay $6,763
  4. 4

    Bayou Bend Hospital

    Franklin, LA

    Gross charge $15,447
    Cash pay $10,813
  5. 5

    Union General Hospital

    Farmerville, LA

    Gross charge $16,148
    Cash pay $12,111
  6. 6
    Gross charge $17,505
    Cash pay $7,877
  7. 7

    East Carroll Parish Hospital

    Lake Providence, LA

    Gross charge $17,986
    Cash pay $13,490
  8. 8

    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

    Gross charge $18,249
    Cash pay $5,840
  9. 9

    Jackson Parish Hospital

    Jonesboro, LA

    Gross charge $19,725
  10. 10

    West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

    Sulphur, LA

    Gross charge $20,077
    Cash pay $15,058
  11. 11

    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $20,502
    Cash pay $6,561
  12. 12

    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $24,490
    Cash pay $7,347
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,211
  13. 13

    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

    Gross charge $24,490
    Cash pay $7,347
  14. 14

    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

    Gross charge $28,242
    Cash pay $13,274
  15. 15

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,875
    Cash pay $11,950
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,378
  16. 16

    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $31,574
    Cash pay $7,262
  17. 17

    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

    Gross charge $33,504
    Cash pay $6,701
  18. 18
    Gross charge $34,611
    Cash pay $9,345
  19. 19

    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

    Gross charge $37,843
    Cash pay $8,704
  20. 20
    Gross charge $46,802
    Cash pay $13,105
  21. 21

    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $47,249
    Cash pay $9,922
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,833
  22. 22

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $56,285
    Cash pay $15,760
  23. 23

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $62,089
    Cash pay $11,141
  24. 24

    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $134,742
    Cash pay $35,033
  25. 25
    Gross charge $180,234
    Cash pay $46,861
  26. 26

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $8,692
  27. 27

    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,134
  28. 28

    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,406
  31. 31
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  32. 32
    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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  35. 35

    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

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  38. 38

    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

    Gross charge
  39. 39
    Gross charge
  40. 40
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $6,160
  41. 41
    Gross charge
  42. 42
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,198
  43. 43

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

    Gross charge
  44. 44
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  45. 45

    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,981
  46. 46

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,497
  47. 47
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  48. 48

    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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  49. 49

    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

    Gross charge
  50. 50

    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

    Gross charge
  51. 51
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  52. 52

    Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)

    Alexandria, LA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,736
  53. 53
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