Retinal (fundus) photography Cost in New Orleans, LA

Prices at 3 hospitals in New Orleans, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $58 — 66% below the US median ($168), roughly 1.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Ochsner Medical Center Acute	New Orleans, LA	$35	$119	★ 4/5	174 min	—
Childrens Hospital	New Orleans, LA	$81	$204	—	—	—

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 September 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)

$301

Cash / self-pay

$58

Insurer-negotiated

$176

Medicare pays

$37

$39$77

Median cash $58 · Medicare $37 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $58 — about 1.6× the Medicare rate ($37). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($74).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $301 list price could save about $243 (81%).

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Doctors who perform this in New Orleans

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
Laura Schwartz, OD	Optometry	New Orleans, LA	338
Henry Langhetee, O.D.	Optometry	New Orleans, LA	147
Glen Cangelosi, MD	Ophthalmology	New Orleans, LA	134
James Lamar, O.D.	Optometry	New Orleans, LA	105
Joshua Pahng, MD, PHD	Ophthalmology	New Orleans, LA	101
Hong Nguyen, O.D.	Optometry	New Orleans, LA	94
Jonathan Nussdorf, MD	Ophthalmology	New Orleans, LA	38
Jeff Vinet	Ophthalmology	New Orleans, LA	37
David Heitmeier, OD	Optometry	New Orleans, LA	32
Jarrett Johnson, OD,MPH	Optometry	New Orleans, LA	31
Michael Kleamenakis, OD	Optometry	New Orleans, LA	21
Melissa Dugan, O.D.	Optometry	New Orleans, LA	18

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