Echocardiogram cost in New Orleans, LA
In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 13 hospitals list a cash price for echocardiogram through the chest wall, complete, with Doppler: from $337.50 to $1,403.56, with a median of $601.44. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $263.94 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $761.70 at 58 hospitals.
- The median here, $601.44, is 64% below the US median of $1,667.18.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($558.25).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 5 cities for code 93306, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC ECHO W/SPECT & COLOR DOPPLER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $337.50 | $1,250.00 | $197.39–$1,176.86 | 73% |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC ECHO W/SPECT & COLOR DOPPLER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $343.36 | $1,073.00 | $334.35–$1,222.43 | 68% |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 PR ECHO HEART XTHORACIC,COMPLETE W DOPPLER+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $495.66 | $2,253.00 | $197.39–$2,027.70 | 78% |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LA · (504) 897-8247 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/O Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $511.56 | $3,654.00 | $1,049.01–$887.86 | 86% |
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 592-6600 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/Contrast File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file | $513.92 | $3,212.00 | $1,008.36–$963.28 | 84% |
| Omega Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 616-3897 ECHO TTHRC R-T 2D W/WOM-MODE COMPL SPEC&COLR D File of May 26, 2026 · source file | $519.73 | $890.97 | $890.97–$1,484.95 | 42% |
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 592-6600 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/O Contrast File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file | $552.48 | $3,453.00 | $1,035.55–$851.21 | 84% |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 988-5263 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jun 25, 2026 · source file | $601.44 | $4,296.00 | $1,026.74–$983.15 | 86% |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/O Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $601.44 | $4,296.00 | $1,026.74–$983.15 | 86% |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/O Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $601.44 | $4,296.00 | $1,026.74–$983.15 | 86% |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LA · (504) 347-5511 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jun 30, 2026 · source file | $698.72 | $4,367.00 | $1,139.97–$982.76 | 84% |
| University Med Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 702-3000 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $699.82 | $3,181.00 | $1,046.69–$921.33 | 78% |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 899-9511 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/Contrast File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file | $814.86 | $3,018.00 | $1,104.70–$982.00 | 73% |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 899-9511 Ultrasound Exam Heart Including Color Blood Flow Rate Direct & Valve Funct W/O Contrast File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file | $1,029.24 | $3,812.00 | $1,079.18–$982.00 | 73% |
| St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 529-6600 TRANSTHORACIC ECHO (TEE) File of Aug 17, 2026 · source file | $1,403.56 | $3,979.92 | $500.18–$1,822.80 | 65% |
Outpatient: lowest $337.50, median $601.44, highest $1,403.56 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $419.51. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 13 of 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 9 it is 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 echocardiogram is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Echocardiogram explained.