Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $109.89 to $226.44, with a median of $147.52. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $37.63 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $280.00 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$109.89St Charles Parish Hospital
Median$147.52half pay less
Highest$226.44in this market
Difference2.1×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 $109.89Highest $226.44

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC US PELVIC COMPLETE NON-OB $109.89 $407.00 — 73% —
source file
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC US PELVIC COMPLETE NON-OB $145.88 $521.00 — 72% —
source file
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC US PELVIC COMPLETE NON-OB $147.52 $461.00 — 68% —
source file
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC US PELVIC COMPLETE NON-OB $168.30 $765.00 — 78% —
source file
The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC US PELVIC COMPLETE NON-OB $226.44 $612.00 — 63% —
source file

Inpatient: lowest $109.89, median $147.52, highest $226.44 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $181.86 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A pelvic ultrasound through the belly makes pictures of the organs in the pelvis: in women the uterus, ovaries and bladder, and in men the bladder and prostate area. It is ordered for pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, fibroids, cysts or urinary problems. This code is for non-pregnancy exams.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the exam itself. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a transvaginal ultrasound done at the same visit (76830) is billed as its own code.