Scans and imaging CPT 70150 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Facial bones X-ray cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for facial bones X-ray, complete, 3 or more views as an inpatient: from $74.36 to $736.20, with a median of $124.80. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $50.44 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $156.80 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 70150, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$74.36Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Median$124.80half pay less
Highest$736.20in this market
Difference9.9×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 $74.36Highest $736.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC FACIAL BONES COMP MIN 3VIEWS $74.36 $338.00 — 78% —
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Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC FACIAL BONES COMP MIN 3VIEWS $117.32 $419.00 — 72% —
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St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC FACIAL BONES COMP MIN 3VIEWS $124.80 $390.00 — 68% —
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St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 529-6600 XR FACIAL BONES COM MIN 3VWS $225.01 $638.04 $95.70–$292.22 65% —
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St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 DX FACIAL BONES COMP 3V MIN $736.20 $1,227.00 $690.80–$1,227.00 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $74.36, median $124.80, highest $736.20 — a 9.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $154.45 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A facial bone X-ray takes three or more pictures of the bones around the eyes, cheeks and jaw. It is used after a blow to the face, though many emergency departments now use a CT instead.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers taking the X-ray. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.