Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97161 Louisiana Outpatient

PT evaluation, low complexity cost in Louisiana

In Louisiana, 44 hospitals publish a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes): from $30.00 to $413.00, with a median of $109.43. The lowest price is at Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches (Natchitoches). The highest price is 13.8× the lowest.

  • The median here, $109.43, is 45% below the US median of $199.50.
  • That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($97.86).
  • Louisiana ranks 2nd of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 3 of 44 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 97161. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$30.00Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches
Median$109.43half of hospitals charge less
Highest$413.00in Louisiana
Lowest saves$79.43vs the median

Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches lowest Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA LECH PT EVAL LOW COMPLEX 20 MI $30.00 $30.00 Oct 25, 2026
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Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Monroe · Monroe, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $42.27 $183.77 Apr 1, 2026
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East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $43.54 $311.00 Jul 1, 2026
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Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $43.54 $311.00 Jul 1, 2026
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Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $43.54 $311.00 Jul 1, 2026
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Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $43.54 $311.00 Jun 25, 2026
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Ochsner St Mary Morgan City · Baton Rouge, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $46.60 $233.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Lake Charles · Lake Charles, LA PT EVAL LOW COMP WH $49.80 $83.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Acadia General Hospital Crowley · Lafayette, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $51.29 $223.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings · Lake Charles, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $54.40 $160.00 Apr 1, 2026
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West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $62.40 $390.00 Jun 30, 2026
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Sabine Medical Center Many · Many, LA PT EVALUATION INITIAL - LOW $65.40 $218.00 Jun 19, 2026
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New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $68.64 $429.00 Jun 24, 2026
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $77.48 $298.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Byrd Regional Hospital Leesville · Leesville, LA PT EVAL LOW COMPLEX 20 MIN $79.05 $263.50 Jun 10, 2026
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $83.44 $298.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge · Lafayette, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $97.80 $326.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan · Lafayette, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $99.90 $222.00 Apr 1, 2026
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St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $100.48 $314.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $101.42 $461.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Madison Parish Hospital Tallulah · Tallulah, LA PT EVALUATION/LOW COMPLEXITY $107.25 $214.49 May 19, 2026
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Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $108.68 $418.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $110.18 $787.00 Jul 1, 2026
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St Charles Parish Hospital Luling · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $110.43 $409.00 Apr 1, 2026
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University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $112.42 $511.00 Jul 1, 2026
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Acadian Medical Center Eunice · Lafayette, LA PT EVALUATION INITIAL - LOW $113.70 $379.00 Jun 9, 2026
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Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $114.52 $409.00 Sep 16, 2026
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Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Evaluation of Physical Therapy Typically 20 Minutes $115.83 $429.00 Jun 24, 2026
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Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $116.76 $556.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Bayou Bend Health System Franklin · Morgan City, LA Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes $123.20 $176.00 Sep 15, 2026
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Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $140.16 $438.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Minden Medical Center Minden · Minden, LA PT EVAL LOW 20 MIN $156.00 $520.00 Sep 1, 2026
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Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Independence · Hammond, LA PT EVAL LOW COMPLEX 20 MIN $165.43 $275.72 Feb 24, 2026
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Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $170.82 $230.75 Feb 27, 2026
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North Oaks Medical Center Drive. Hammond · Hammond, LA HC Pt Home Evaluation - Low $184.73 $657.00 Oct 20, 2026
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Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Pt Eval Low Complex 20 Min $190.40 $238.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $192.23 $409.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MINS $195.36 $444.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Reeves Memorial Medical Center Bernice · Monroe, LA PT EVAL- LOW COMPX $209.50 $419.00 Aug 26, 2026
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Fairway Medical Center Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA OP PT PT EVALUATION: LOW COMPLEXITY $244.50 $489.00 Mar 1, 2026
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Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe · Monroe, LA PT EVAL LOW COMPLEXITY 20 MIN $279.77 $373.03 Mar 30, 2026
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Bunkie General Hospital Bunkie · Bunkie, LA PT EVAL LOW 20 MIN $385.00 $385.00 Mar 16, 2026
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Northern Louisiana Medical Center Ruston · Ruston, LA PT EVALUATION INITIAL - LOW $393.25 $715.00 Jun 19, 2026
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Jackson Parish Hospital Jonesboro · Jonesboro, LA PT Low Complex Units $413.00 $413.00 Apr 1, 2026
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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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 12 $43.54 $100.95
Lafayette, LA 6 $51.29 $104.29
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 3 $170.82 $192.23
Monroe, LA 3 $42.27 $209.50
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 3 $77.48 $83.44
Baton Rouge, LA 2 $46.60 $93.38
Hammond, LA 2 $165.43 $175.08
Lake Charles, LA 2 $49.80 $52.10
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 2 $43.54 $144.02
Bunkie, LA 1 $385.00 $385.00
Jonesboro, LA 1 $413.00 $413.00
Leesville, LA 1 $79.05 $79.05
Many, LA 1 $65.40 $65.40
Minden, LA 1 $156.00 $156.00
Morgan City, LA 1 $123.20 $123.20
Natchitoches, LA 1 $30.00 $30.00
Ruston, LA 1 $393.25 $393.25
Tallulah, LA 1 $107.25 $107.25
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 PT evaluation, low complexity is, what the price covers and why prices differ: PT evaluation, low complexity explained.

Physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.