Signs & Symptoms Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for unexplained signs and symptoms without a definitive diagnosis at discharge.
State average
$29,113
gross charge · DRG 948
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$5,162 – $69,047
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $5,162Cash pay $2,581 - 2
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $7,271Cash pay $4,363 - 3
East Carroll Parish Hospital
Lake Providence, LA
Gross charge $13,099Cash pay $9,824 - 4
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $14,755Cash pay $11,066 - 5
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $15,924Cash pay $4,300 - 6
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $16,134Cash pay $11,294 - 7
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $17,013Cash pay $7,486 - 8
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $17,066Cash pay $5,461 - 9
Womans Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $17,962 - 10
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $19,068Cash pay $7,627 - 11
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $19,901Cash pay $6,368 - 12
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $21,613Cash pay $4,323 - 13
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $22,228Cash pay $10,447 - 14Gross charge $27,894Cash pay $7,810
- 15
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $29,135 - 16
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $29,226Cash pay $6,722 - 17
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $32,118Cash pay $7,387 - 18
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $41,021Cash pay $11,486 - 19
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $42,058Cash pay $18,926 - 20
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $44,697Cash pay $8,922 - 21
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $48,366Cash pay $14,510Medicare pays (avg) $4,884 - 22
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $48,366Cash pay $14,510 - 23
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $49,176Cash pay $12,786 - 24
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $59,530Cash pay $12,501Medicare pays (avg) $4,604 - 25Gross charge $69,047Cash pay $17,952
- 26
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,056 - 27Gross charge —
- 28
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 30
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,451
- 32
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —Cash pay $4,014
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- 43
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,769 - 44
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 45
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 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 — - 52
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,183 - 53
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 54
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 55
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price signs & symptoms (Medicare DRG 948) anywhere from $5,162 to $69,047 — a $63,884 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 $29,113.
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 signs & symptoms 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 signs & symptoms 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 signs & symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 948 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.