Emergency department visit (level 3) Cost in Baton Rouge, LA

Prices at 4 hospitals in Baton Rouge, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $592 — about the US median ($603), roughly 8.5× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	$274	$431	★ 4/5	179 min	14.6%
Baton Rouge General Medical Center	Baton Rouge, LA	$592	$798	★ 3/5	207 min	15.5%
The General	Baton Rouge, LA	$592	$798	—	174 min	15.0%
Womans Hospital	Baton Rouge, LA	$855	$684	★ 4/5	147 min	14.8%

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 August 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)

$851

Cash / self-pay

$592

Insurer-negotiated

$741

Medicare pays

$69

$369$776

Median cash $592 · Medicare $69 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $592 — about 8.5× the Medicare rate ($69). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($139).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $851 list price could save about $258 (30%).

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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
Benjamin Gibson, MD	Emergency Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	52
Daniel Jones, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	35
Caroline Sowell, MD	Ophthalmology	Baton Rouge, LA	33
Kreshmeh Khosrowani, MD	Emergency Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	31
Brad Ramsey, D.O.	Family Practice	Baton Rouge, LA	31
Joel Mosley, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	28
Amar Dave, MD	Internal Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	26
Benjamin Nguyen	Emergency Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	25
Vincent Blum, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	23
Jeanie Landes, RN	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	21
Tanveer Mughal, MD	Emergency Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	17
Jacob Ling	Emergency Medicine	Baton Rouge, LA	16

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