Strep throat test Cost in Baton Rouge, LA (2026)

Prices at 5 hospitals in Baton Rouge, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $46 — 21% below the US median ($58), roughly 2.8× 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	$22	$17	★ 4/5	179 min	14.6%
Baton Rouge General Medical Center	Baton Rouge, LA	$46	$17	★ 3/5	207 min	15.5%
The General	Baton Rouge, LA	$46	$17	—	174 min	15.0%
Womans Hospital	Baton Rouge, LA	$81	$64	★ 4/5	147 min	14.8%
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	$106	$22	—	—	14.5%

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)

$68

Cash / self-pay

$46

Insurer-negotiated

$17

Medicare pays

$17

$31$96

Median cash $46 · Medicare $17 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $46 — about 2.8× the Medicare rate ($17). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($33).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $68 list price could save about $22 (33%).

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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
Jennifer Osbourne, M.D.	Family Practice	Baton Rouge, LA	55
Morgan Leblanc, NP	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	34
Terri Ross, PA	Physician Assistant	Baton Rouge, LA	32
Charlotte Watts, FNP-BC	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	30
Lacey Callegan	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	27
Asia Starwood, NP	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	24
Jessica Khanna, M.D.	Family Practice	Baton Rouge, LA	22
Emily Kinsley, FNP	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	22
Kyle Juneau, NP	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	21
Orsha Mckenney, DNP, APRN, FNP-C	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	19
Charles Hill, FNP	Nurse Practitioner	Baton Rouge, LA	19
Angela Finley, PA-C	Physician Assistant	Baton Rouge, LA	17

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