Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Birth control implant insertion cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant as an inpatient: from $52.36 to $510.62, with a median of $281.49. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $229.13 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $86.68 at 26 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 11981, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$52.36Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner

Median$281.49half of hospitals charge less

Highest$510.62in this market

Difference9.8×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median

Lowest $52.36Highest $510.62

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC INSERT, DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT, BIORESORB/BIODEGR/NON-BIODEGR source file	$52.36	$187.00	—	72%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC INSERT, DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT, BIORESORB/BIODEGR/NON-BIODEGR source file	$510.62	$2,321.00	—	78%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

Inpatient: lowest $52.36, median $281.49, highest $510.62 — a 9.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $55.88 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This is insertion of a small rod-shaped implant under the skin that slowly releases medicine; the most common use is the contraceptive implant placed in the upper arm. It is done in an office with local numbing.

What the price covers

The price covers inserting the implant. The implant itself and the office visit are usually billed separately.