Lab tests CPT 82274 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

FIT stool test cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood by immunoassay (FIT) as an inpatient: from $12.15 to $27.84, with a median of $22.17. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $10.02 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $23.52 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 82274, 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$12.15St Charles Parish Hospital

Median$22.17half of hospitals charge less

Highest$27.84in this market

Difference2.3×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 $12.15Highest $27.84

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC FECAL IMMUNOASSAY OCCULT BLOOD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$12.15	$45.00	—	73%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC FECAL IMMUNOASSAY OCCULT BLOOD File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file	$19.04	$68.00	—	72%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC FECAL IMMUNOASSAY OCCULT BLOOD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$25.30	$115.00	—	78%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC FECAL IMMUNOASSAY OCCULT BLOOD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$27.84	$87.00	—	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.

Inpatient: lowest $12.15, median $22.17, highest $27.84 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $9.44 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A FIT test checks a stool sample for small amounts of blood that cannot be seen, using antibodies that detect human hemoglobin. It is a screening option for colorectal cancer, usually done yearly with a kit collected at home.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the lab test of the returned kit. A colonoscopy after a positive result is billed separately.