Echocardiogram Cost in Baton Rouge, LA (2026)

Prices at 4 hospitals in Baton Rouge, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,300 — 34% above the US median ($971), roughly 9.4× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	$300	$414	★ 4/5	197 min	—
Baton Rouge General Medical Center	Baton Rouge, LA	$1,300	$566	★ 3/5	210 min	—
The General	Baton Rouge, LA	$1,300	$566	—	180 min	—
Womans Hospital	Baton Rouge, LA	$1,301	$1,041	★ 4/5	147 min	—

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$1,579

Cash / self-pay

$1,300

Insurer-negotiated

$566

Medicare pays

$138

$600$1,301

Median cash $1,300 · Medicare $138 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,300 — about 9.4× the Medicare rate ($138). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($276).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,579 list price could save about $279 (18%).

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Doctors who perform this in Baton Rouge

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Denzil Moraes, M.D.	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	549
Darrin Breaux, MD	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	349
Venkat Surakanti, MD	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	286
Terry Zellmer, MD	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	260
Bahji Khuri, M.D.	Interventional Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	257
Daniel Fontenot, MD	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	253
Tara Jarreau, M.D.	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	224
Boyd Helm, MD	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	220
Mokhtar Abdallah	Internal Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	216
Fred Petty, MD	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	205
Andrew Rees, M.D.	Interventional Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	203
Manpreet Singh, MD	Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	196

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