Respiratory Condition with Ventilator Support Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
A breathing problem severe enough to need a mechanical ventilator for up to about four days. The stay typically involves intensive care, medications to keep the patient comfortable on the ventilator, and treatment of the underlying lung condition.
State average
$88,579
gross charge · DRG 208
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$8,450 – $382,645
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $8,450Cash pay $5,915 - 2
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $11,852Cash pay $5,570 - 3
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $15,390Cash pay $4,617Medicare pays (avg) $20,112 - 4
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $15,390Cash pay $4,617 - 5
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $17,439Cash pay $8,719 - 6
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $22,413Cash pay $13,448 - 7
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $33,701 - 8
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $36,885Cash pay $16,230 - 9
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $42,613Cash pay $31,960 - 10
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $55,384Cash pay $12,738 - 11
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $62,387Cash pay $16,844 - 12
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $62,687Cash pay $20,060 - 13
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $70,345Cash pay $22,510 - 14
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $71,544Cash pay $18,602 - 15
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $76,382Cash pay $30,553 - 16Gross charge $127,260Cash pay $33,087Medicare pays (avg) $24,720
- 17
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $139,035Cash pay $27,807 - 18Gross charge $145,172Cash pay $40,648
- 19
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $166,561Cash pay $38,309 - 20
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $166,616Cash pay $30,142 - 21
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $218,578Cash pay $61,202 - 22
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $382,645Cash pay $80,356Medicare pays (avg) $15,510 - 23
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,819 - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,343 - 26
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,232 - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 31
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —Cash pay $12,978
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- 39
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $32,999 - 40
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 41
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 44
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,261 - 45
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,905 - 46
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,343 - 49
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 51
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price respiratory condition with ventilator support (Medicare DRG 208) anywhere from $8,450 to $382,645 — a $374,195 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bayou Bend Hospital in Franklin; the most expensive is Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette. The state average sits at $88,579.
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 condition with ventilator support 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 condition with ventilator support 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 condition with ventilator support in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 208 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.