Viral Illness Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
An illness caused by a virus, such as a severe flu-like infection, that needs inpatient care. Treatment usually involves fluids, medication to ease symptoms, and monitoring until the illness improves.
State average
$45,006
gross charge · DRG 866
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$5,749 – $53,912
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $5,749Cash pay $2,875 - 2
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $7,964Cash pay $4,778 - 3
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $17,100Cash pay $12,825 - 4
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $19,621Cash pay $7,848 - 5
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $41,000Cash pay $9,935 - 6
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $11,861 - 7
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $11,861 - 8
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400 - 9
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400 - 10
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $11,861 - 11
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400 - 12Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400
- 13
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400 - 14
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400 - 15
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400 - 16
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400 - 17Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400
- 18
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $11,861 - 19
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $11,861 - 20
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $53,912Cash pay $12,400 - 21
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,084 - 22Gross charge —
- 23
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 24
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 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
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —Cash pay $4,279
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- 40
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,879 - 41
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 43
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price viral illness (Medicare DRG 866) anywhere from $5,749 to $53,912 — a $48,163 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland. The state average sits at $45,006.
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 viral illness 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 viral illness 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 viral illness in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 866 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.