New patient office visit, about 45 minutes in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for New patient office visit, about 45 minutes: from $24.00 to $140.80, with a median of $44.66. The lowest listed price is at New Orleans East Hospital.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 3 cities for code 99204, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 24, 2026 and Jul 1, 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 | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans East Hospital lowest New Orleans, LA Hosp Outpt Clinic Visit New Mod/Chronic/Stbl | $24.00 | $150.00 | 84% | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA Hosp Outpt Clinic Visit New Mod/Chronic/Stbl | $24.30 | $90.00 | 73% | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LA Hosp Outpt Clinic Visit New Mod/Chronic/Stbl | $28.96 | $181.00 | 84% | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie, LA Hosp Outpt Clinic Visit New Mod/Chronic/Stbl | $44.66 | $319.00 | 86% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie, LA Hosp Outpt Clinic Visit New Mod/Chronic/Stbl | $44.66 | $319.00 | 86% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans, LA Hosp Outpt Clinic Visit New Mod/Chronic/Stbl | $44.66 | $319.00 | 86% | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans, LA Hosp Outpt Clinic Visit New Mod/Chronic/Stbl | $140.80 | $640.00 | 78% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $24.00, median $44.66, highest $140.80 — a 5.9× difference within the same market.
What it is
This is an office or outpatient visit for a new patient with moderate complexity decision making, or at least 45 minutes of total time on the visit date. It is often used for new problems with several possible causes or chronic conditions.
What the price covers
The price covers the clinician's visit. Tests, procedures and any hospital facility fee at a hospital-owned clinic are billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99204 ($225.55). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LAHosp Outpt Clinic Visit New Mod/Chronic/Stbl | $21.98 | file |