Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99406 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Quit-smoking counseling cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes as an inpatient: from $12.10 to $20.35, with a median of $15.99. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $3.89 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $19.60 at 35 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 99406, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$12.10Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Median$15.99half pay less

Highest$20.35in 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 $12.10Highest $21.87

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC SMOKING CES INTERMED,CTTS ONLY	$12.10	$55.00	—	78%	— source file
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HC SMOKING CES INTERMED ASYMPTOM	$12.10	$55.00	—	78%	— source file
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC SMOKING CES INTERMED,CTTS ONLY	$13.50	$50.00	—	73%	— source file
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HC SMOKING CES INTERMED,CTTS ONLY	$18.48	$66.00	—	72%	— source file
The Ochsner West Campus Extended Care Hospital Jefferson, LA HC SMOKING CES INTERMED,CTTS ONLY	$20.35	$55.00	—	63%	— source file
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC SMOKING CES INTERMED ASYMPTOM	$21.87	$81.00	—	73%	— source file

Inpatient: lowest $12.10, median $15.99, highest $20.35 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $12.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

Brief counseling to help quit smoking or vaping.

What the price covers

The price is for one session or evaluation.