Office visit, new patient (level 5) Cost in Baton Rouge, LA

Prices at 5 hospitals in Baton Rouge, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $196 — 38% below the US median ($318), roughly 0.8× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	$56	$140	★ 4/5	197 min	—
Baton Rouge General Medical Center	Baton Rouge, LA	$196	$132	★ 3/5	210 min	—
The General	Baton Rouge, LA	$196	$132	—	180 min	—
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	$311	$179	—	—	—
Womans Hospital	Baton Rouge, LA	$509	$407	★ 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)

$280

Cash / self-pay

$196

Insurer-negotiated

$140

Medicare pays

$237

$112$430

Median cash $196 · Medicare $237 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $196 — about 0.8× the Medicare rate ($237). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($474).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $280 list price could save about $84 (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
Charles Bowie, M.D.	Neurosurgery	Baton Rouge, LA	181
Gregory Fautheree, MD	Neurosurgery	Baton Rouge, LA	152
Gerald Calegan, MD	Neurology	Baton Rouge, LA	119
Konstantin Kovtun, M.D.	Radiation Oncology	Baton Rouge, LA	105
Eric Oberlander, MD	Neurosurgery	Baton Rouge, LA	98
Abdul Khan, MD	Neurology	Baton Rouge, LA	93
Michael Dzeda, M.D.	Radiation Oncology	Baton Rouge, LA	92
Samir Patel, MD	Pain Management	Baton Rouge, LA	86
Kevin Callerame, MD	Neurology	Baton Rouge, LA	84
Douglas Mendoza, M.D.	Interventional Cardiology	Baton Rouge, LA	79
Jingya Wang, M.D.	Radiation Oncology	Baton Rouge, LA	78
William Varnado	Hematology-Oncology	Baton Rouge, LA	74

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