Stress test (hospital charge) cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient
In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for exercise stress test, tracing only, the hospital charge as an inpatient: from $169.84 to $285.64, with a median of $259.84. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $90.00 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $340.78 at 42 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 93017, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
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.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC CARDIAC STRESS TEST W/WO PHARM | $169.84 | $772.00 | — | 78% | — source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC CARDIAC STRESS TEST W/WO PHARM | $181.17 | $671.00 | — | 73% | — source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC CARDIAC STRESS TEST W/WO PHARM | $259.84 | $928.00 | — | 72% | — source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC CARDIAC STRESS TEST W/WO PHARM | $276.80 | $865.00 | — | 68% | — source file |
| The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC CARDIAC STRESS TEST W/WO PHARM | $285.64 | $772.00 | — | 63% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $169.84, median $259.84, highest $285.64 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $309.12 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
This code is the hospital's part of an exercise stress test, the treadmill test with a running EKG, without the doctor's supervision and report. Clinics bill the whole test under 93015.
What the price covers
The price covers the test and recording. The doctor's supervision and report are billed separately, and imaging such as a nuclear scan (78452) or stress echo (93351) is extra.