Scans and imaging CPT 93351 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Stress echocardiogram cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for stress echocardiogram, complete, including the stress test and supervision as an inpatient: from $337.50 to $575.68, with a median of $531.05. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $193.55 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $593.95 at 30 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 93351, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026.

Lowest$337.50St Charles Parish Hospital
Median$531.05half of hospitals charge less
Highest$575.68in this market
Difference1.7×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 $337.50Highest $575.68

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC STRESS ECHO W/MONT & SUPERV File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $337.50 $1,250.00 — 73%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC STRESS ECHO W/MONT & SUPERV File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $495.66 $2,253.00 — 78%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC STRESS ECHO W/MONT & SUPERV File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file $566.44 $2,023.00 — 72%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC STRESS ECHO W/MONT & SUPERV File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $575.68 $1,799.00 — 68%
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 $337.50, median $531.05, highest $575.68 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $495.66 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A stress echocardiogram takes ultrasound pictures of the heart at rest and again right after exercise on a treadmill or bike, or after a medicine that makes the heart work harder. It shows whether parts of the heart muscle get too little blood under stress. It is often ordered for chest pain or shortness of breath.

What the price covers

This code covers the echo images, the stress test with continuous ECG monitoring and physician supervision, and the interpretation. The stress medicine, when used, and a contrast agent may be billed separately.