Nuclear cardiac stress test Cost in New Orleans, LA

Prices at 4 hospitals in New Orleans, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,011 — 68% below the US median ($3,174), roughly 2.4× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Ochsner Medical Center Acute	New Orleans, LA	$431	$1,199	★ 4/5	174 min	—
Childrens Hospital	New Orleans, LA	$983	$2,953	—	—	—
New Orleans East Hospital	New Orleans, LA	$1,038	$2,302	—	140 min	—
University Medical Center New Orleans	New Orleans, LA	$1,079	$2,059	★ 2/5	327 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)

$4,274

Cash / self-pay

$1,011

Insurer-negotiated

$2,181

Medicare pays

$428

$597$1,067

Median cash $1,011 · Medicare $428 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,011 — about 2.4× the Medicare rate ($428). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($856).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $4,274 list price could save about $3,263 (76%).

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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
Zachary Dowdy, MD	Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	52
Robert Hendel, MD	Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	48
Thomas Faucheaux	Diagnostic Radiology	New Orleans, LA	42
Kevin Cartwright, MD	Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	42
Asif Anwar, M.D.	Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	39
Vani Vijayakumar, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	New Orleans, LA	38
Joseph Englert, M.D.	Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	36
Nichole Polin, MD	Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	31
Aashish Gupta, M.D.	Interventional Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	19
Merrill Stewart, M.D.	Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	17
Frank Wilklow, M.D.	Interventional Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	12
Thanh Nguyen, M.D.	Cardiology	New Orleans, LA	11

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