Lab tests CPT 87338 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

H. pylori stool test cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for H. pylori stool antigen test as an inpatient: from $61.56 to $95.76, with a median of $78.66. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $17.10 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $60.91 at 50 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 87338, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$61.56St Charles Parish Hospital

Median$78.66half of hospitals charge less

Highest$95.76in this market

Difference1.6×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.

median

Lowest $61.56Highest $95.76

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC HELICOBACTER PYLORI AG STOOL source file	$61.56	$228.00	—	73%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC HELICOBACTER PYLORI AG STOOL source file	$95.76	$342.00	—	72%

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 $61.56, median $78.66, highest $95.76 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $45.44 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This stool test finds H. pylori, the stomach bacteria behind most ulcers. It shows an active infection and is used both to diagnose it and to confirm a cure.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the stool test; the collection kit is often included.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87338 ($99.00). 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
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LAHC HELICOBACTER PYLORI AG STOOL	$8.32	file
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LAHC HELICOBACTER PYLORI AG STOOL	$8.36	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.