Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90791 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Psychiatric evaluation cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for mental health diagnostic evaluation (intake), without medical services as an inpatient: from $44.22 to $44.22, with a median of $44.22. Across Louisiana, the median is $105.57 at 27 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 90791, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$44.22Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Median$44.22half of hospitals charge less

Highest$44.22in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC IOP-ABU PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION source file	$44.22	$201.00	—	78%

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

Inpatient: lowest $44.22, median $44.22, highest $44.22.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $53.82 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This is a diagnostic evaluation by a mental health clinician, usually the first visit before therapy starts. It covers history, current symptoms, a mental status exam and a treatment plan, without medical services such as prescribing.

What the price covers

The price covers the evaluation visit. Psychological testing, follow-up therapy sessions and any facility fee at a hospital-based clinic are billed separately.