Emergency department visit (level 4) Cost in New Orleans, LA

Prices at 4 hospitals in New Orleans, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $429 — 55% below the US median ($949), roughly 3.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
New Orleans East Hospital	New Orleans, LA	$258	$641	—	140 min	—
Ochsner Medical Center Acute	New Orleans, LA	$424	$844	★ 4/5	174 min	—
University Medical Center New Orleans	New Orleans, LA	$435	$569	★ 2/5	327 min	—
Childrens Hospital	New Orleans, LA	$559	$659	—	—	—

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)

$1,951

Cash / self-pay

$429

Insurer-negotiated

$650

Medicare pays

$118

$308$522

Median cash $429 · Medicare $118 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $429 — about 3.6× the Medicare rate ($118). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($236).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,951 list price could save about $1,521 (78%).

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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
Samuel Ganier, MD	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	184
Colin Devlin	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	170
Justin Okons, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	156
Bradley Kieffer, MD	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	148
Ryan Jupiter, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	143
Ryan Chamberlain, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	138
Christopher Matt, MD	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	135
Ahmad Mustapha, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	132
Harold Plauche, M.D.	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	126
Daniel Johnson, D.O.	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	100
Justin Geisler, M.D	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	98
Kevin-Steven Buford, MD	Emergency Medicine	New Orleans, LA	96

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