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
$25,170
gross charge · DRG 866
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$5,749 – $76,206
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
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $11,085Cash pay $2,549 - 4
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $12,029Cash pay $3,248 - 5
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $17,100Cash pay $12,825 - 6
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $19,621Cash pay $7,848 - 7Gross charge $20,449Cash pay $5,726
- 8
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $20,595Cash pay $5,767 - 9
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $21,251Cash pay $6,800 - 10
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $21,274Cash pay $6,808 - 11
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $41,000Cash pay $9,935 - 12Gross charge $52,882Cash pay $13,749
- 13
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $76,206Cash pay $16,003 - 14
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,084 - 15Gross charge —
- 16
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 17
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 18
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —
- 20
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 21
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 22
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 23
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge — - 24
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge — - 25
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 26
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge — - 27
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —Cash pay $4,279
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- 30
Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,879 - 31
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 32
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge — - 35
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 36
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge — - 37
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge — - 38
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge — - 39
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 40
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge — - 41
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 42
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge — - 43
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge — - 44
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 46
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 47
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge — - 48
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price viral illness (Medicare DRG 866) anywhere from $5,749 to $76,206 — a $70,456 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette. The state average sits at $25,170.
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.