Magnesium test cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 64 hospitals publish a cash price for magnesium blood test: from $3.96 to $169.12, with a median of $22.36. The lowest price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation (New Orleans). The highest price is 42.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $22.36, is 46% below the US median of $41.60.
- That is 3.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($6.70).
- Louisiana ranks 9th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 64 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 83735. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$3.96Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Median$22.36half of hospitals charge less
Highest$169.12in Louisiana
Lowest saves$18.40vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC SUPERSAT URINE, MAGNESIUM | $3.96 | $18.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Acadia General Hospital Crowley · Lafayette, LA HC CATHARTIC LAXATIVE PROF - MAGNESIUM, FECES | $4.14 | $18.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC CATHARTIC LAXATIVE PROF - MAGNESIUM, FECES | $4.20 | $20.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC CATHARTIC LAXATIVE PROF - MAGNESIUM, FECES | $4.68 | $18.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC SUPERSAT URINE, MAGNESIUM | $5.04 | $18.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HC SUPERSAT URINE, MAGNESIUM | $5.76 | $18.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC SUPERSAT URINE, MAGNESIUM | $5.76 | $18.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge · Lafayette, LA HC MAGNESIUM | $6.00 | $20.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe · Monroe, LA RL MAGNESIUM, RANDOM URINE | $6.57 | $85.86 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings · Lake Charles, LA HC CATHARTIC LAXATIVE PROF - MAGNESIUM, FECES | $6.80 | $20.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Medical Center Springhill · Minden, LA MAGNESIUM URINE | $6.83 | $20.10 | Mar 22, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St Mary Morgan City · Baton Rouge, LA HC MAGNESIUM | $7.60 | $38.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sterling Surgical Hospital Slidell · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 83735 - ASSAY OF MAGNESIUM | $7.84 | $196.00 | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC SUPERSAT URINE, MAGNESIUM | $7.92 | $18.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan · Lafayette, LA HC CATHARTIC LAXATIVE PROF - MAGNESIUM, FECES | $8.10 | $18.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC SUPERSAT URINE, MAGNESIUM | $8.46 | $18.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Byrd Regional Hospital Leesville · Leesville, LA MAGNESIUM URINE | $9.90 | $33.00 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC MAGNESIUM, RBC | $10.14 | $39.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC SUPERSAT URINE, MAGNESIUM | $10.92 | $39.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Oaks Medical Center Drive. Hammond · Hammond, LA Magnesium, Random Urine | $11.53 | $214.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Labcorp Magnesium Urine | $12.60 | $90.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC Assay of Magnesium | $12.60 | $90.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Labcorp Magnesium Urine | $12.60 | $90.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Magnesium RBC | $12.60 | $90.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| St Charles Parish Hospital Luling · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC MAGNESIUM, URINE | $12.69 | $47.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Acadian Medical Center Eunice · Lafayette, LA MAGNESIUM FECAL | $13.05 | $43.50 | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Allen Parish Hospital Kinder · Kinder, LA MAGNESIUM 24 HR URINE SO | $13.39 | $22.32 | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| Sabine Medical Center Many · Many, LA ASSAY OF MAGNESIUM | $15.90 | $53.00 | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Elect Qt Feces Magnesiump-M | $16.08 | $20.10 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC Assay of Magnesium | $19.80 | $90.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Magnesium Serum | $21.44 | $134.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi Delhi · Monroe, LA Magnesium level | $22.10 | $34.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe · Monroe, LA MSH-MAGNESIUM | $22.61 | $30.15 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Medical Center Winnsboro · Winnsboro, LA MAGNESIUM | $22.80 | $38.00 | May 21, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Monroe · Monroe, LA HC MAGNESIUM, FECES | $23.23 | $101.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA ASSAY OF MAGNESIUM | $24.31 | $40.51 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Magnesium Urine | $25.28 | $158.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Bunkie General Hospital Bunkie · Bunkie, LA MAG RANDOM URINE | $29.43 | $29.43 | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
| Madison Parish Hospital Tallulah · Tallulah, LA MAGNESIUM, URINE | $29.52 | $59.04 | May 19, 2026 source file |
| Acadia St Landry Church Point · Lafayette, LA MAGNESUIM 24 HR URINE | $30.15 | $40.20 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop · Monroe, LA MAGNESIUM SERUM | $30.40 | $38.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Jackson Parish Hospital Jonesboro · Jonesboro, LA Magnesium FSI | $31.00 | $31.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA MAGNESIUM | $33.20 | $83.00 | Mar 18, 2026 source file |
| St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria · Alexandria, LA HC 83735 MAGNESIUM URINE | $34.32 | $132.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Magnesium Serum | $42.66 | $158.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Reeves Memorial Medical Center Bernice · Monroe, LA MAGNESIUM LEVEL | $44.50 | $89.00 | Aug 26, 2026 source file |
| St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA LCMC MAGNESIUM | $45.14 | $128.00 | Aug 17, 2026 source file |
| Rapides Regional Medical Center Alexandria · Alexandria, LA MAGNESIUM URINE | $50.00 | $50.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Labcorp Magnesium Urine | $50.96 | $364.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| St Helena Parish Hospital Greensburg · Baton Rouge, LA MAGNESIUM (RL) | $54.58 | $54.58 | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Lasalle General Hospital Jena · Jena, LA MAGNESIUM, RBC | $55.20 | $92.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA ASSAY OF MAGNESIUM | $55.27 | $78.95 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Minden Medical Center Minden · Minden, LA ASSAY OF MAGNESIUM | $55.35 | $184.50 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC STONE/URORISK-MAGNESIUM UR | $57.19 | $77.25 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Surgical Specialty Center Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA MAGNESIUM | $61.50 | $82.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Bayou Bend Health System Franklin · Morgan City, LA Magnesium level | $65.80 | $94.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| West Feliciana Parish Hospital St Francisville · Baton Rouge, LA O Z/ MAGNESIUM URINE 24HR | $66.24 | $110.40 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Lake Charles · Lake Charles, LA MAGNESIUM ASSAY | $66.96 | $111.60 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA URINE MAGNESIUM | $67.00 | $67.00 | Oct 25, 2026 source file |
| Opelousas General Main Campus Opelousas · Opelousas, LA Magnesium Level | $70.50 | $141.00 | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairway Medical Center Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA MAGNESIUM | $75.00 | $150.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Lady of the Sea General Hospital Cut Off · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA CHEM 8 ER | $87.55 | $87.55 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Hardtner Medical Center Olla · Olla, LA Magnesium Level | $162.40 | $203.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northern Louisiana Medical Center Ruston · Ruston, LA MAGNESIUM BLD | $169.12 | $307.50 | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 13 | $3.96 | $12.69 |
| Lafayette, LA | 7 | $4.14 | $6.00 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 6 | $5.76 | $54.92 |
| Monroe, LA | 6 | $6.57 | $22.92 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 4 | $7.92 | $32.82 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 3 | $10.14 | $10.92 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 3 | $7.84 | $12.60 |
| Alexandria, LA | 2 | $34.32 | $42.16 |
| Hammond, LA | 2 | $11.53 | $17.92 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 2 | $6.80 | $36.88 |
| Minden, LA | 2 | $6.83 | $31.09 |
| Natchitoches, LA | 2 | $33.20 | $50.10 |
| Bunkie, LA | 1 | $29.43 | $29.43 |
| Jena, LA | 1 | $55.20 | $55.20 |
| Jonesboro, LA | 1 | $31.00 | $31.00 |
| Kinder, LA | 1 | $13.39 | $13.39 |
| Leesville, LA | 1 | $9.90 | $9.90 |
| Many, LA | 1 | $15.90 | $15.90 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $65.80 | $65.80 |
| Olla, LA | 1 | $162.40 | $162.40 |
| Opelousas, LA | 1 | $70.50 | $70.50 |
| Ruston, LA | 1 | $169.12 | $169.12 |
| Tallulah, LA | 1 | $29.52 | $29.52 |
| Winnsboro, LA | 1 | $22.80 | $22.80 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
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Magnesium blood test in other states
- Alabama$22.50
- Alaska$74.13
- Arizona$13.82
- Arkansas$27.43
- California$62.48
- Colorado$59.06
- Connecticut$35.00
- Delaware$67.90
- District of Columbia$72.88, 3 hospitals
- Florida$13.25
- Georgia$45.00
- Hawaii$62.30
- Idaho$46.20
- Illinois$68.63
- Indiana$47.59
- Iowa$50.40
- Kansas$51.80
- Kentucky$49.13
- Maine$42.39
- Maryland$17.25
- Massachusetts$38.00
- Michigan$20.00
- Minnesota$41.80
- Mississippi$35.70
- Missouri$47.57
- Montana$64.90
- Nebraska$75.28
- Nevada$67.81
- New Hampshire$52.68
- New Jersey$7.71
- New Mexico$76.07
- New York$24.73
- North Carolina$40.00
- North Dakota$31.73
- Ohio$33.78
- Oklahoma$37.20
- Oregon$34.50
- Pennsylvania$41.58
- Puerto Rico$21.00
- Rhode Island$52.70
- South Carolina$53.80
- South Dakota$68.80
- Tennessee$20.68
- Texas$48.00
- Utah$104.55
- Vermont$56.35
- Virginia$54.80
- Washington$53.90
- West Virginia$19.50
- Wisconsin$52.50
- Wyoming$43.67
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.