Scans and imaging CPT 77065 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Diagnostic mammogram, 1 breast cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for diagnostic mammogram, one breast (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $71.12 to $128.00, with a median of $90.73. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $19.61 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $121.80 at 45 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 77065, 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$71.12Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner

Median$90.73half of hospitals charge less

Highest$128.00in this market

Difference1.8×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 $71.12Highest $128.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner one side lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC MAMMO W/WO CAD, DIAGNOSTIC, UNILAT File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file	$71.12	$254.00	—	72%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation one side New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC MAMMO W/WO CAD, DIAGNOSTIC, UNILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$80.74	$367.00	—	78%
St Charles Parish Hospital one side Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC MAMMO W/WO CAD, DIAGNOSTIC, UNILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$100.71	$373.00	—	73%
St Bernard Parish Hospital one side Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC MAMMO W/WO CAD, DIAGNOSTIC, UNILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$128.00	$400.00	—	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

One side of the body : lowest $71.12, median $90.73, highest $128.00 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $98.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A diagnostic mammogram of one breast is an X-ray exam done to check a specific concern, such as a lump, pain, nipple discharge or an unclear result on a screening mammogram. It usually takes more images than a screening exam.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the imaging, including computer-aided detection when used. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and 3D mammography (tomosynthesis) or a follow-up ultrasound is billed under other codes.