DRG 603 · Skin

Cellulitis Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.

State average
$16,423
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$7,105 – $45,328
low to high
Lowest $7,105 Highest $45,328

Louisiana hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 603) anywhere from $7,105 to $45,328 — a $38,223 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Bayou Bend Hospital in Franklin; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $16,423.

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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Bayou Bend Hospital

    Franklin, LA

    Gross charge $7,105
    Cash pay $4,974
  2. 2
    Gross charge $7,931
    Cash pay $4,758
  3. 3

    Union General Hospital

    Farmerville, LA

    Gross charge $9,223
    Cash pay $6,917
  4. 4

    East Carroll Parish Hospital

    Lake Providence, LA

    Gross charge $9,418
    Cash pay $7,064
  5. 5

    Womans Hospital

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $13,979
  6. 6

    Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care)

    New Iberia, LA

    Gross charge $14,336
    Cash pay $8,601
  7. 7

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $24,064
    Cash pay $9,626
  8. 8

    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $45,328
    Cash pay $9,893
  9. 9

    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $7,794
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    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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  15. 15

    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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  16. 16

    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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  17. 17

    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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  19. 19
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    Cash pay $4,353
  20. 20
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $10,830
  21. 21

    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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