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Liver biopsy (needle) in Louisiana: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 23 Louisiana hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 47000

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Union General Hospital Farmerville$8480.6×12026-03-23
St James Parish Hospital Lutcher$9000.6×32026-04-01
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan$1,1810.8×22026-04-01
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling$1,2840.8×42026-04-01
Hardtner Medical Center Olla$1,3730.9×12026-04-01
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital Crowley$1,3860.9×52026-04-01
Ochsner St Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge$1,3870.9×22026-04-01
Ochsner Lsu Health Monroe Monroe$1,4461.0×92026-04-01
Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport Shreveport$1,4801.0×52026-04-01
Slidell Memorial Hospital Slidell$1,4831.0×52026-04-01
Ochsner St Mary Morgan City$1,5191.0×72026-04-01
Ochsner University Hospital And Clinics Lafayette$1,6501.1×62026-04-01
Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent Shreveport$1,6861.1×82026-04-01
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner Kenner$1,7651.1×72026-09-16
Bayou Bend Health System Franklin$1,7721.2×22026-09-15
Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe$1,8531.2×42026-03-30
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge$1,9641.3×62026-04-01
Northern Louisiana Medical Center Ruston$1,9741.3×62026-06-19
Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings$2,1911.5×42026-04-01
Omega Hospital, Llc Metairie$2,1941.4×22026-05-26
Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland$2,6991.8×32026-04-01
Riverside Medical Center Franklinton$2,9282.0×102026-03-27
Rapides Regional Medical Center Alexandria$4,4112.8×62026-09-01

Questions

How much do insurers pay for liver biopsy (needle) in Louisiana?

23 Louisiana hospitals post usable commercial rates for liver biopsy (needle) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 47000, hospital outpatient, the median across 23 hospitals is $1,650, 1.1× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.