Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99285 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Level 5 ER visit cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for emergency room visit, level 5 of 5, high-complexity problem as an inpatient: from $335.34 to $784.03, with a median of $466.18. The lowest listed price is at St Charles Parish Hospital — $130.84 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $518.72 at 55 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 99285, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$335.34St Charles Parish Hospital

Median$466.18half of hospitals charge less

Highest$784.03in this market

Difference2.3×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 $335.34Highest $784.03

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
St Charles Parish Hospital lowest Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC EMER ROOM LEVEL V source file	$335.34	$1,242.00	—	73%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC EMER ROOM LEVEL V source file	$461.44	$1,648.00	—	72%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC EMER ROOM LEVEL V source file	$466.18	$2,119.00	—	78%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC EMER ROOM LEVEL V source file	$530.56	$1,658.00	—	68%
The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC EMER ROOM LEVEL V source file	$784.03	$2,119.00	—	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 $335.34, median $466.18, highest $784.03 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $450.59 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This is the highest of five emergency department visit levels, used for a serious problem that needs complex evaluation and treatment, often with a hospital admission or transfer. The level is assigned after the visit: doctors pick it by the complexity of their medical decision making, and hospitals pick the facility level by the care and resources used, so a patient cannot choose it in advance.

What the price covers

The hospital price for this code is the facility fee for the ER visit. The emergency physician bills separately, and lab tests, imaging, medicines and procedures are added on top.