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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis Before and After Contrast Cost in Louisiana
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 91 Louisiana hospitals. CPT 74178. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $1,602
📉 Low $26.00
📈 High $29,491
🏥 91 hospitals
🏛️ 49 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $315
Hospital comparison — Louisiana
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 91 hospitals.
Billed more than $1,602 for this? That gap is evidence.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Aetna | UHC | Humana | Cigna | Centene | MultiPlan | Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$26.00 | $331 | $90.00 | $90.00 | $90.00 | — | $90.00 | — | — |
| SABINE MEDICAL CENTER MANY |
$94.50 | $960 | — | — | — | — | — | — | $326 |
| BRIDGEPOINT CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS MARRERO |
$150 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACADIA-ST. LANDRY HOSPITAL CHURCH POINT |
$225 | — | — | $275 | — | $650 | — | — | — |
| BUNKIE GENERAL HOSPITAL BUNKIE |
$267 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGHILL |
$336 | $507 | $240 | $742 | $660 | $693 | — | — | — |
| OUR LADY OF THE LAKE SURGICAL HOSPITAL SLIDELL |
$392 | $317 | $214 | $214 | $327 | $750 | $327 | — | — |
| STERLING SURGICAL HOSPITAL SLIDELL |
$400 | $321 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LEONARD J. CHABERT MEDICAL CENTER HOUMA |
$433 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVALA HOSPITAL COVINGTON |
$475 | $377 | — | $594 | — | — | — | — | $356 |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER- KENNER WEST ESPLANADE AVE KENNER |
$491 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL JENNINGS |
$513 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ST. MARY MORGAN CITY |
$554 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. CHARLES PARISH HOSPITAL PAUL MAILLARD RD LULING |
$614 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT - MONROE MEDICAL CENTER MONROE |
$628 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CYPRESS POINTE SURGICAL HOSPITAL HAMMOND |
$634 | — | $396 | $311 | $94.62 | — | — | — | — |
| ST. BERNARD PARISH HOSPITAL CHALMETTE |
$635 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LASALLE GENERAL HOSPITAL JENA |
$661 | — | $310 | $310 | $310 | — | $310 | — | $310 |
| OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL LAFAYETTE |
$689 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS |
$716 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS |
$716 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-BATON ROUGE BATON ROUGE |
$724 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER MARRERO |
$739 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL CROWLEY |
$755 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. CHARLES SURGICAL HOSPITAL METAIRIE |
$795 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT - ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER SHREVEPORT |
$797 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EAST SLIDELL |
$822 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SLIDELL |
$822 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HARDTNER MEDICAL CENTER OLLA |
$832 | $690 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE. HAMMOND |
$850 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & CLINICS WEST CONGRESS ST. LAFAYETTE |
$853 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER LSU HEALTH - ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER SHREVEPORT |
$859 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS |
$865 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OAKDALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OAKDALE |
$874 | $627 | $336 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-WEST BANK JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEW ORLEANS |
$894 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ST. ANNE GENERAL HOSPITAL RACELAND |
$896 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHRISTUS ST. FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL ALEXANDRIA |
$969 | $340 | $340 | $340 | $333 | $1,083 | $357 | $2,608 | $374 |
| OCHSNER ST. MARTIN HOSPITAL BREAUX BRIDGE |
$984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOURO LCMC HEALTH NEW ORLEANS |
$997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NEW ORLEANS EAST HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS |
$1,068 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BIENVILLE MEDICAL CENTER ARCADIA |
$1,280 | — | $1,252 | $1,252 | $1,377 | — | — | — | — |
| DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM JEFFERSON ST MANSFIELD |
$1,370 | $1,957 | $1,957 | $1,957 | $1,957 | $1,957 | — | — | — |
| LALLIE KEMP REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$1,417 | $60.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 | — | $60.00 | $75.00 | — |
| OCHSNER ABROM KAPLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TH ST |
$1,476 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER REHABILITATION HOSPITAL JEFFERSON |
$1,504 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RIVERBRIDGE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL VIDALIA |
$1,572 | $1,844 | — | — | — | $1,237 | — | — | — |
| NATCHITOCHES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER NATCHITOCHES |
$1,602 | $107 | $107 | $107 | $110 | $918 | $107 | $2,804 | — |
| AVOYELLES HOSPITAL MARKSVILLE |
$1,634 | $598 | $336 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OPELOUSAS GENERAL MAIN CAMPUS OPELOUSAS |
$1,661 | $664 | $338 | $1,207 | $348 | $1,055 | $355 | $2,325 | — |
| OCHSNER EXTENDED CARE HOSPITAL JEFFERSON JEFFERSON |
$1,788 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE |
$1,797 | $718 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WEST CARROLL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OAK GROVE |
$1,815 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WINN PARISH MEDICAL CENTER WINNFIELD |
$1,857 | $686 | $336 | — | — | — | — | — | $686 |
| SURGICAL SPECIALTY CENTER OF BATON ROUGE BATON ROUGE |
$1,960 | $316 | $268 | $268 | $268 | $306 | $332 | $1,568 | $316 |
| THE SPINE HOSPITAL OF LOUISANA BATON ROUGE |
$1,980 | $100 | $100 | $324 | $93.00 | $100 | $100 | — | — |
| LAKESIDE HOSPITAL METAIRIE |
$2,064 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKEVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER COVINGTON |
$2,064 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL METAIRIE |
$2,064 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LCMC HEALTH EMERGENCY CARE DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS |
$2,064 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| INTENSIVE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - BOSSIER CITY CAMPUS IRVING PL SHREVEPORT |
$2,096 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 74178, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $2,955 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 91 Louisiana hospitals above publish for Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis before and after contrast — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 74178 in Louisiana, Medicare reimburses about $315 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Louisiana range from $26.00 to $29,491 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 5.1x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does ct scan of abdomen and pelvis before and after contrast cost in Louisiana?
- Cash prices for ct scan of abdomen and pelvis before and after contrast (CPT 74178) in Louisiana range from $26.00 to $29,491, with a median of $1,602. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest ct scan of abdomen and pelvis before and after contrast in Louisiana?
- The cheapest Louisiana hospital published cash price for this procedure is $26.00. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Louisiana facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 74178 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.