Infusion Into a Vein for Therapy, Prevention, or Diagnosis, each Additional Hour Cost in Louisiana
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 78 Louisiana hospitals. CPT 96366. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $56.16
📉 Low $7.92
📈 High $703
🏥 78 hospitals
🏛️ 48 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $20.09
Hospital comparison — Louisiana
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 78 hospitals.
Billed more than $56.16 for this? That gap is evidence.
Build my dispute letter
| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | Aetna | Humana | UHC | Cigna | Medicare | Centene | MultiPlan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL LAFAYETTE |
$7.92 | $17.82 | $17.82 | $17.82 | $15.15 | $22.48 | $17.82 | $17.82 | — |
| MINDEN MEDICAL CENTER MINDEN |
$13.95 | $91.27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVOYELLES HOSPITAL MARKSVILLE |
$19.80 | $72.83 | $26.76 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LASALLE GENERAL HOSPITAL JENA |
$19.82 | — | $21.12 | $41.55 | $21.12 | — | $41.55 | $41.55 | — |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS |
$21.00 | $28.00 | $35.89 | $14.53 | $17.37 | $17.37 | $17.37 | $17.37 | $45.00 |
| OCHSNER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS |
$21.00 | $28.00 | $35.89 | $14.53 | $17.37 | $17.37 | $17.37 | $17.37 | $45.00 |
| OAKDALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OAKDALE |
$21.20 | $76.29 | $25.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-WEST BANK JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NEW ORLEANS |
$21.56 | $42.36 | $15.25 | $14.81 | $14.81 | $63.99 | $42.36 | — | $78.40 |
| LCMC HEALTH EMERGENCY CARE DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS |
$22.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKEVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER COVINGTON |
$22.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKESIDE HOSPITAL METAIRIE |
$22.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL METAIRIE |
$22.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. CHARLES PARISH HOSPITAL PAUL MAILLARD RD LULING |
$25.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-BATON ROUGE BATON ROUGE |
$26.88 | $40.48 | $16.98 | $16.48 | $16.48 | $78.96 | $42.42 | — | $50.40 |
| OCHSNER LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT - MONROE MEDICAL CENTER MONROE |
$27.14 | $41.94 | $20.63 | $20.63 | $20.63 | $55.21 | $41.94 | — | $90.30 |
| SABINE MEDICAL CENTER MANY |
$27.60 | $117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & CLINICS WEST CONGRESS ST. LAFAYETTE |
$30.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER LSU HEALTH SHREVEPORT - ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER SHREVEPORT |
$33.54 | $43.30 | $25.93 | $25.93 | $25.93 | $52.12 | $43.30 | — | $90.30 |
| LEONARD J. CHABERT MEDICAL CENTER HOUMA |
$33.84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER LSU HEALTH - ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER SHREVEPORT |
$36.12 | $42.53 | $26.02 | $26.02 | $26.02 | $52.12 | $42.53 | — | $90.30 |
| SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGHILL |
$36.56 | $55.11 | $64.52 | $88.62 | $80.65 | $75.27 | — | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS |
$39.16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL JENNINGS |
$41.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HARDTNER MEDICAL CENTER OLLA |
$41.20 | $68.86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ST. MARY MORGAN CITY |
$42.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NEW ORLEANS EAST HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS |
$42.88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. CHARLES SURGICAL HOSPITAL METAIRIE |
$43.02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ST. MARTIN HOSPITAL BREAUX BRIDGE |
$43.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOURO LCMC HEALTH NEW ORLEANS |
$43.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. BERNARD PARISH HOSPITAL CHALMETTE |
$44.48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| THE SPINE HOSPITAL OF LOUISANA BATON ROUGE |
$45.00 | $42.28 | $29.23 | $93.00 | $107 | $53.00 | — | $100 | — |
| NATCHITOCHES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER NATCHITOCHES |
$48.00 | $35.77 | $35.77 | $36.49 | $35.77 | $80.40 | — | $35.77 | $84.00 |
| NORTH CADDO MEDICAL CENTER VIVIAN |
$50.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DEQUINCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DEQUINCY |
$50.50 | $67.36 | — | $20.43 | — | — | — | — | — |
| OUR LADY OF THE LAKE SURGICAL HOSPITAL SLIDELL |
$50.66 | $31.63 | $22.83 | $42.22 | $22.83 | $90.00 | — | $42.22 | — |
| ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE |
$52.95 | $46.49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER VILLE PLATTE |
$52.95 | $73.43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LALLIE KEMP REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$54.32 | $60.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 | $24.80 | — | — | $60.00 | $75.00 |
| CHRISTUS ST. FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL ALEXANDRIA |
$56.16 | $43.89 | $28.08 | $25.92 | $25.92 | $127 | $48.28 | $46.08 | $151 |
| WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER MARRERO |
$59.68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WEST CARROLL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OAK GROVE |
$60.00 | — | $51.00 | $60.00 | $4.30 | $36.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 | — |
| WINN PARISH MEDICAL CENTER WINNFIELD |
$60.75 | $72.83 | $31.62 | — | — | — | $72.83 | — | — |
| BYRD REGIONAL HOSPITAL LEESVILLE |
$61.35 | $80.66 | $16.22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM JEFFERSON ST MANSFIELD |
$63.00 | $90.00 | $90.00 | $90.00 | $90.00 | $90.00 | — | — | — |
| OCHSNER ABROM KAPLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TH ST |
$63.45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TRINITY MEDICAL FERRIDAY |
$63.50 | $94.49 | $23.20 | $26.40 | — | — | $18.27 | — | — |
| SAVOY MEDICAL CENTER MAMOU |
$71.58 | $44.92 | $44.92 | $25.16 | $44.92 | $62.63 | — | $44.92 | — |
| CLAIBORNE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER HOMER |
$73.00 | $189 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MANNING FAMILY CHILDREN'S NEW ORLEANS |
$77.49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. HELENA PARISH HOSPITAL GREENSBURG |
$79.00 | $54.36 | $47.40 | $77.41 | $75.00 | $71.10 | $19.24 | $76.65 | — |
| CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA |
$83.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE. HAMMOND |
$84.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EAST SLIDELL |
$86.02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SLIDELL |
$86.02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUNKIE GENERAL HOSPITAL BUNKIE |
$89.92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| POINTE COUPEE GENERAL HOSPITAL NEW ROADS |
$93.00 | — | $52.83 | $50.00 | $52.83 | — | — | — | — |
| SURGICAL SPECIALTY CENTER OF BATON ROUGE BATON ROUGE |
$93.75 | $39.82 | $18.78 | $18.78 | $18.78 | $41.04 | $42.40 | $44.52 | $75.00 |
| BIENVILLE MEDICAL CENTER ARCADIA |
$101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WEST CALCASIEU CAMERON HOSPITAL SULPHUR |
$105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LANE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ZACHARY |
$107 | $153 | $156 | $52.00 | $45.00 | $153 | — | $52.00 | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 96366, 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: $124 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $56.16 for this?
That is the median of what the 78 Louisiana hospitals above publish for Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
Build my dispute letter — freeNo account, no signup. Your bill never leaves your browser.
Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 96366 in Louisiana, Medicare reimburses about $20.09 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Louisiana range from $7.92 to $703 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 2.8x 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 infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour cost in Louisiana?
- Cash prices for infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour (CPT 96366) in Louisiana range from $7.92 to $703, with a median of $56.16. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour in Louisiana?
- The cheapest Louisiana hospital published cash price for this procedure is $7.92. 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.
Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, each additional hour in nearby states
Other procedures in Louisiana
Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Louisiana facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 96366 (Doctor Visits). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.