Sepsis Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$58,869
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
26
with published pricing
Price range
$12,749 – $185,054
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $12,749Cash pay $6,375Medicare pays (avg) $11,618 - 2
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $13,799Cash pay $10,349 - 3
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $14,673 - 4
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $16,521Cash pay $9,913 - 5
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $23,318Cash pay $17,489 - 6
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $25,500Cash pay $17,850 - 7
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $30,394Cash pay $13,677 - 8
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $33,797Cash pay $25,348Medicare pays (avg) $11,299 - 9
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $34,406Cash pay $16,171Medicare pays (avg) $15,593 - 10
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $36,817 - 11
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $46,857Cash pay $14,994Medicare pays (avg) $11,146 - 12
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $47,702Cash pay $14,311Medicare pays (avg) $13,419 - 13
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $47,702Cash pay $14,311 - 14
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $52,254Cash pay $22,992 - 15
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $52,660Cash pay $21,064Medicare pays (avg) $10,752 - 16
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $53,591Cash pay $14,470 - 17
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $59,281Cash pay $13,635Medicare pays (avg) $13,162 - 18
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $71,042Cash pay $16,340Medicare pays (avg) $13,138 - 19
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $72,018Cash pay $14,404Medicare pays (avg) $16,511 - 20
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $72,362Cash pay $20,261Medicare pays (avg) $13,597 - 21Gross charge $78,583Cash pay $22,003
- 22
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $88,066Cash pay $22,897Medicare pays (avg) $22,072 - 23
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $92,934Cash pay $22,037Medicare pays (avg) $11,268 - 24Gross charge $114,355Cash pay $29,732Medicare pays (avg) $20,772
- 25
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $154,157Cash pay $32,373Medicare pays (avg) $11,897 - 26
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $185,054Cash pay $59,217Medicare pays (avg) $11,553 - 27
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,465Medicare pays (avg) $14,557 - 28Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,912
- 29
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,198 - 30
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,900
- 32
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,654 - 33
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,642 - 36
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,422 - 37
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,815 - 38
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,552 - 39
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —Cash pay $9,548
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Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $24,125 - 44
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,837 - 45
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,823 - 47
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,237 - 48
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 49
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 50
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 51
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,018 - 52
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,508 - 53
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 54
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,365 - 55
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 871) anywhere from $12,749 to $185,054 — a $172,305 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge. The state average sits at $58,869.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.