Doctor visits and therapy CPT 90791 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Psychiatric evaluation cost in Shreveport, LA — inpatient

In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for mental health diagnostic evaluation (intake), without medical services as an inpatient: from $53.30 to $57.40, with a median of $55.35. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport — $2.05 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $121.80 at 29 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 90791, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$53.30Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Median$55.35half pay less
Highest$57.40in this market
Difference1.1×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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.

median
Lowest $53.30Highest $57.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC IOP-ABU PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION $53.30 $205.00 — 74% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC IOP-BMU PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION $53.30 $205.00 — 74% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC PHP-PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION $53.30 $205.00 — 74% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC IOP-BMU PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION $57.40 $205.00 — 72% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC IOP-ABU PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION $57.40 $205.00 — 72% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC PHP-PSYCH DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION $57.40 $205.00 — 72% —
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Inpatient: lowest $53.30, median $55.35, highest $57.40 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $55.35 — 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.