Lab tests CPT 86901 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Rh factor test cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for rh blood typing as an inpatient: from $5.94 to $39.15, with a median of $7.38. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $1.44 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $21.42 at 56 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 86901, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$5.94Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Median$7.38half pay less
Highest$39.15in this market
Difference6.6×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.

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Lowest $5.94Highest $39.15

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC BB REF RH TYPE $5.94 $27.00 — 78% —
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St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC BB REF RH TYPE $6.72 $21.00 — 68% —
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St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 RH FACTOR $7.20 $12.00 $6.76–$12.00 40% —
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Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC BB REF RH TYPE $7.56 $27.00 — 72% —
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Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC C-BLOOD RH TYPE $21.28 $76.00 — 72% —
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC C-BLOOD RH TYPE $28.16 $128.00 — 78% —
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The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC C-BLOOD RH TYPE $37.74 $102.00 — 63% —
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St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC C-BLOOD RH TYPE $38.40 $120.00 — 68% —
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St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 RH $39.00 $65.00 $36.60–$65.00 40% —
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St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 529-6600 BLOOD TYPE RH (D) $39.15 $111.00 $2.93–$50.84 65% —
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Inpatient: lowest $5.94, median $7.38, highest $39.15 — a 6.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $14.70 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

An Rh test checks whether red blood cells carry the Rh (D) protein. It is done with blood typing before transfusion and in pregnancy.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.