Scans and imaging CPT 76770 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Kidney ultrasound cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for complete ultrasound of the back of the abdomen, such as both kidneys as an inpatient: from $132.57 to $270.84, with a median of $160.64. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $28.07 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $257.58 at 56 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 76770, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$132.57St Charles Parish Hospital

Median$160.64half of hospitals charge less

Highest$270.84in this market

Difference2.0×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 $132.57Highest $316.34

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC US RETROPERITONEAL COMPLETE source file	$132.57	$491.00	—	73%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC US RETROPERITONEAL COMPLETE source file	$145.88	$521.00	—	72%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC US RETROPERITONEAL COMPLETE source file	$160.64	$502.00	—	68%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC US RETROPERITONEAL COMPLETE source file	$201.30	$915.00	—	78%
The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC US RETROPERITONEAL COMPLETE source file	$270.84	$732.00	—	63%
St Charles Surgical Hospital both sides New Orleans, LA · (504) 529-6600 US RENAL BILATERAL source file	$316.34	$897.00	$95.70–$410.83	65%

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 $132.57, median $160.64, highest $270.84 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $316.34, median $316.34, highest $316.34.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $184.16 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This ultrasound looks at organs at the back of the abdomen, most often both kidneys and the bladder, and sometimes the aorta. It is ordered for kidney stones, kidney infection, abnormal kidney tests or blood in the urine.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the complete exam. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.