Scans and imaging CPT 76815 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Limited pregnancy ultrasound cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pregnancy ultrasound, limited (heartbeat, position, fluid) as an inpatient: from $103.95 to $196.48, with a median of $138.38. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $34.43 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $153.14 at 47 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 76815, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$103.95St Charles Parish Hospital

Median$138.38half of hospitals charge less

Highest$196.48in this market

Difference1.9×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 $103.95Highest $196.48

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC US OB LIMITED 1 OR MORE GESTA source file	$103.95	$385.00	—	73%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC US OB LIMITED 1 OR MORE GESTA source file	$138.38	$629.00	—	78%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC US OB LIMITED 1 OR MORE GESTA source file	$196.48	$614.00	—	68%

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

Inpatient: lowest $103.95, median $138.38, highest $196.48 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $125.77 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A limited pregnancy ultrasound checks one or more specific things: the fetal heartbeat, the baby's position, the placenta or the amount of fluid.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan. The radiologist's reading may 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 76815 ($381.75). 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
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LAHC US OB LIMITED 1 OR MORE GESTA	$25.48	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.