Scans and imaging CPT 95810 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Sleep study cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for sleep study in a lab (polysomnography) as an inpatient: from $888.58 to $1,635.52, with a median of $1,147.72. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $259.14 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $1,284.93 at 40 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 95810, 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$888.58Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Median$1,147.72half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,635.52in this market

Difference1.8×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 $888.58Highest $1,635.52

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC POLYSOMNOGRAPHY, 4 OR MORE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$888.58	$4,039.00	—	78%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC POLYSOMNOGRAPHY, 4 OR MORE File of Sep 16, 2026 · source file	$1,147.72	$4,099.00	—	72%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC POLYSOMNOGRAPHY, 4 OR MORE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,635.52	$5,111.00	—	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 $888.58, median $1,147.72, highest $1,635.52 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $948.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

An in-lab sleep study (polysomnography) records brain waves, breathing, oxygen levels, heart rhythm and movement while you sleep overnight at a sleep center. It is used to diagnose sleep apnea and other sleep disorders. A technologist watches the study throughout the night.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the overnight study and the technologist. The sleep physician's interpretation is often billed separately.