Abdominal fluid drain (paracentesis) Cost in New Orleans, LA

Prices at 4 hospitals in New Orleans, LA, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $600 — 53% below the US median ($1,278), roughly 2.1× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
New Orleans East Hospital	New Orleans, LA	$426	$1,050	—	140 min	—
Ochsner Medical Center Acute	New Orleans, LA	$491	$1,674	★ 4/5	174 min	—
Childrens Hospital	New Orleans, LA	$709	$540	—	—	—
University Medical Center New Orleans	New Orleans, LA	$776	$10,000	★ 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)

$2,646

Cash / self-pay

$600

Insurer-negotiated

$1,362

Medicare pays

$284

$446$756

Median cash $600 · Medicare $284 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $600 — about 2.1× the Medicare rate ($284). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($568).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $2,646 list price could save about $2,046 (77%).

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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
Bruce Bordlee, M.D.	Interventional Radiology	New Orleans, LA	83
Robert Raymond, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	New Orleans, LA	82
Michelle O'brien	Nurse Practitioner	New Orleans, LA	81
Autumn Weber	Physician Assistant	New Orleans, LA	69
Stacie Duthu, NP	Nurse Practitioner	New Orleans, LA	56
William Mullen, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	New Orleans, LA	56
Ellen Wilson, NP	Nurse Practitioner	New Orleans, LA	37
Patrick Gilbert, M.D.	Interventional Radiology	New Orleans, LA	34
Gregory Carbonella, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	New Orleans, LA	31
Cindy Chava, PA	Physician Assistant	New Orleans, LA	30
Richard Tramel, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	New Orleans, LA	29
Anna Mcclure, PA-C	Physician Assistant	New Orleans, LA	26

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