Scans and imaging CPT 76641 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast ultrasound cost in Lake Charles, LA — inpatient

In Lake Charles, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breast ultrasound, complete, one breast (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $81.94 to $81.94, with a median of $81.94. Across Louisiana, the median is $167.30 at 49 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 76641, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$81.94Ochsner American Legion Hospital
Median$81.94half of hospitals charge less
Highest$81.94in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ochsner American Legion Hospital one side Jennings, LA · (337) 616-7000 HC US BREAST COMPLETE UNILAT source file $81.94 $241.00 $908.10 66%
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

One side of the body : lowest $81.94, median $81.94, highest $81.94.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $81.94 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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 breast ultrasound makes pictures of the inside of the breast with sound waves. The complete exam covers the whole breast and often the nearby armpit. It is often done after a mammogram finding, for a lump, or in dense breasts.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the exam of one breast. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a biopsy, if needed, is billed under different codes.