Doctor visits and therapy CPT 94010 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Spirometry cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for spirometry (breathing test) as an inpatient: from $60.20 to $146.89, with a median of $93.69. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner — $33.49 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $121.68 at 51 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 94010, 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$60.20Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner

Median$93.69half of hospitals charge less

Highest$146.89in this market

Difference2.4×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 $60.20Highest $146.89

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner lowest Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC SPIROMETRY File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file	$60.20	$215.00	—	72%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC SPIROMETRY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$87.34	$397.00	—	78%
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC SPIROMETRY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$93.69	$347.00	—	73%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC SPIROMETRY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$126.40	$395.00	—	68%
The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC SPIROMETRY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$146.89	$397.00	—	63%

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 $60.20, median $93.69, highest $146.89 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $84.48 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

Spirometry measures how much air you can blow out and how fast. It is used to diagnose and follow asthma and COPD.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the test and report.