Surgery and procedures CPT 19083 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast biopsy, ultrasound-guided cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for ultrasound-guided breast needle biopsy with marker clip, first lesion as an inpatient: from $325.12 to $540.68, with a median of $398.20. The lowest listed price is at St Bernard Parish Hospital — $73.08 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $813.47 at 36 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 19083, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$325.12St Bernard Parish Hospital

Median$398.20half of hospitals charge less

Highest$540.68in this market

Difference1.7×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 $325.12Highest $540.68

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Bernard Parish Hospital lowest Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC BX BRST, 1ST LESION, US GUIDANCE source file	$325.12	$1,016.00	—	68%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC BX BRST, 1ST LESION, US GUIDANCE source file	$398.20	$1,810.00	—	78%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC BX BRST, 1ST LESION, US GUIDANCE source file	$540.68	$1,931.00	—	72%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $325.12, median $398.20, highest $540.68 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $421.68 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

In this biopsy a needle guided by ultrasound takes tissue samples from a breast lump or area of concern, and a tiny marker clip is placed at the site. It is usually done after an abnormal mammogram or breast ultrasound.

What the price covers

The price covers the biopsy of the first lesion with ultrasound guidance and the clip. The pathologist's exam is billed separately, and a follow-up mammogram to check the clip position may also be billed separately.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 19083 ($2,182.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hospital	Cash price	File
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LAHC BX BRST, 1ST LESION, US GUIDANCE	$210.60	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.