Scans and imaging CPT 75574 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Coronary CT angiography cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CT angiography of the heart arteries with contrast dye (coronary CTA), including calcium score as an inpatient: from $544.04 to $665.50, with a median of $549.12. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $5.08 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $442.00 at 21 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 75574, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026.

Lowest$544.04Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner

Median$549.12half of hospitals charge less

Highest$665.50in this market

Difference1.2×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 $544.04Highest $665.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC CTA CARD W/3D IMAGE File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file	$544.04	$1,943.00	—	72%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC CTA CARD W/3D IMAGE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$549.12	$1,716.00	—	68%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC CTA CARD W/3D IMAGE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$665.50	$3,025.00	—	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.

Inpatient: lowest $544.04, median $549.12, highest $665.50 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $469.81 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This code covers a CT scan of the heart with contrast dye to look for narrowing and plaque in the coronary arteries. Plaque analysis services such as Cleerly are built on this scan and may be billed separately.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan, contrast dye and the reading. Heart-rate medicine is sometimes needed before the scan.