Laryngoscopy Cost in Shreveport, LA (2026)

Prices at 3 hospitals in Shreveport, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $847 — 41% above the US median ($602), roughly 4.5× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport	Shreveport, LA	$847	$481	★ 2/5	247 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)

$3,204

Cash / self-pay

$847

Insurer-negotiated

$481

Medicare pays

$189

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $847 — about 4.5× the Medicare rate ($189). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($378).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $3,204 list price could save about $2,357 (74%).

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Doctors who perform this in Shreveport

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
Clifford Rice, MD	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	129
Cherie-Ann Nathan, MBBS	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	89
Rohit Ranganath, M.D.	General Surgery	Shreveport, LA	76
David Hilton, M.D.	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	48
John Pang, MD	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	41
William Watkins, M.D.	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	40
Blakely Thornton	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	39
Ellen Lewis, APRN	Nurse Practitioner	Shreveport, LA	28
Robert Thornton, M.D.	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	27
Vikas Mehta, M.D.	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	22
Karuna Dewan, MD	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	21
Ameya Asarkar, MD	Otolaryngology	Shreveport, LA	19

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