Carotid ultrasound cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 32 hospitals publish a cash price for carotid artery ultrasound (duplex), both sides of the neck: from $200.00 to $2,180.98, with a median of $467.04. The lowest price is at Fairway Medical Center (Covington). The highest price is 10.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $467.04, is 47% below the US median of $884.70.
- That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($243.77).
- Louisiana ranks 5th of 45 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 32 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 93880. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$200.00Fairway Medical Center
Median$467.04half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,180.98in Louisiana
Lowest saves$267.04vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairway Medical Center lowest Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA US CAROTID | $200.00 | $1,231.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Medical Center Springhill · Minden, LA US CV CAROTID DOP | $210.34 | $618.64 | Mar 22, 2026 source file |
| Allen Parish Hospital Kinder · Kinder, LA U/S CAROTID DOPPLER BIL | $213.60 | $356.00 | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| Sabine Medical Center Many · Many, LA CAROTID DUPLEX DOPPLER | $233.40 | $778.00 | Jun 19, 2026 source file |
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $237.76 | $1,486.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $241.34 | $1,097.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $258.58 | $1,847.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Bayou Bend Health System Franklin · Morgan City, LA Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | $325.50 | $465.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA CAROTID DUPLEX COMPLETE | $334.00 | $835.00 | Mar 18, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $360.96 | $2,256.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Lasalle General Hospital Jena · Jena, LA US CAROTID | $361.20 | $602.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi Delhi · Monroe, LA Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | $406.25 | $625.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Lake Charles · Lake Charles, LA Study of vessels on both sides of the head and neck | $413.64 | $689.40 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Minden Medical Center Minden · Minden, LA MFI US CAROTID DOPPLER | $423.60 | $1,412.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $467.04 | $3,336.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $467.04 | $3,336.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $467.04 | $3,336.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $467.04 | $3,336.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe · Monroe, LA US**CAROTID DOPPLER | $477.00 | $636.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Ultrasound Scanning of Blood Flow on Both Sides of Head and Neck | $534.60 | $1,980.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria · Alexandria, LA HC 93880 DUPLX-SCAN XTRC ART CMPL/BIL | $542.62 | $2,087.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA ULTRASOUND OF BOTH SIDES OF HEAD AND NECK BLOOD FLOW | $559.73 | $932.88 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Byrd Regional Hospital Leesville · Leesville, LA CAROTID DUPLEX DOPPLER | $584.70 | $1,949.00 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Bunkie General Hospital Bunkie · Bunkie, LA US CAROTID | $600.00 | $600.00 | Mar 16, 2026 source file |
| Madison Parish Hospital Tallulah · Tallulah, LA 93880-US CAROTID DOPPLER | $612.13 | $1,224.26 | May 19, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA us duplex scan extracranial arteries; complete | $690.43 | $996.00 | Sep 24, 2026 source file |
| West Feliciana Parish Hospital St Francisville · Baton Rouge, LA US CAROTID DUPLEX SCAN BIL | $754.88 | $1,258.14 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Surgical Specialty Center Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA CVE/CAROTID ULTRASOUND | $801.75 | $1,069.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Acadia St Landry Church Point · Lafayette, LA US CAROTID COMP BIL | $875.51 | $1,167.35 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA CAROTID DUPLEX COMPLETE | $877.00 | $877.00 | Oct 25, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Carotid Artery Study Compl Bil | $2,168.00 | $2,710.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rapides Regional Medical Center Alexandria · Alexandria, LA DUP EXTRACRANIAL BIL | $2,180.98 | $2,180.98 | Sep 1, 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.
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
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 | 8 | $237.76 | $414.00 |
| Alexandria, LA | 2 | $542.62 | $1,361.80 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 2 | $754.88 | $778.32 |
| Minden, LA | 2 | $210.34 | $316.97 |
| Monroe, LA | 2 | $406.25 | $441.62 |
| Natchitoches, LA | 2 | $334.00 | $605.50 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 2 | $200.00 | $333.52 |
| Bunkie, LA | 1 | $600.00 | $600.00 |
| Hammond, LA | 1 | $559.73 | $559.73 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 1 | $690.43 | $690.43 |
| Jena, LA | 1 | $361.20 | $361.20 |
| Kinder, LA | 1 | $213.60 | $213.60 |
| Leesville, LA | 1 | $584.70 | $584.70 |
| Lafayette, LA | 1 | $875.51 | $875.51 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 1 | $413.64 | $413.64 |
| Many, LA | 1 | $233.40 | $233.40 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $325.50 | $325.50 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 1 | $2,168.00 | $2,168.00 |
| Tallulah, LA | 1 | $612.13 | $612.13 |
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
What carotid ultrasound is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Carotid ultrasound explained.
Carotid artery ultrasound (duplex), both sides of the neck in other states
- Alabama$429.52
- Alaska$1,614.45
- Arizona$914.37
- Arkansas$367.12
- California$1,226.01
- Colorado$1,698.62
- Connecticut$1,002.40, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$1,010.65, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$1,279.86, 2 hospitals
- Florida$2,482.00
- Georgia$519.60
- Hawaii$710.50, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$903.90
- Illinois$866.07
- Indiana$957.27
- Iowa$874.40
- Kansas$708.57
- Kentucky$869.84
- Maine$665.40
- Maryland$1,468.82
- Massachusetts$922.00
- Michigan$865.45
- Minnesota$828.08
- Mississippi$406.00
- Missouri$871.77
- Montana$946.88
- Nebraska$1,579.02
- Nevada$1,777.50
- New Hampshire$3,543.00
- New Jersey$322.54
- New Mexico$509.49
- New York$649.03
- North Carolina$789.00
- North Dakota$698.65
- Ohio$724.80
- Oklahoma$481.91
- Oregon$1,039.98
- Pennsylvania$810.00
- South Carolina$888.00
- South Dakota$1,251.20
- Tennessee$1,087.11
- Texas$1,106.39
- Utah$1,473.25
- Vermont$676.15, 3 hospitals
- Virginia$2,151.84
- Washington$887.00
- West Virginia$574.50
- Wisconsin$986.70
- Wyoming$700.99
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.