Free and Low Cost Mammograms Near You

LSU Healthcare Network is affiliated with Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program of New Orleans, LA.

LSU Healthcare Network

LSU Healthcare Network provides mammograms in Louisiana. To obtain more details on eligibility please contact LSU Healthcare Network directly by calling (504) 412-1100.

LSU Healthcare Network

FAQs

What does LSU Healthcare Network do?

They are a participating Center for the Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program.

What is the mission of the Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program?

To prevent unnecessary disease, disability, and premature death by providing quality breast and cervical cancer screenings at NO COST to uninsured and underinsured, lower-income women in Louisiana.

What are their program eligibility?

  • Eligible women must meet age, income, and insurance status guidelines.
  • A woman must not participate in any program that provides these same services, such as Family Planning in a parish health unit.
  • The screening provider determines a patient's eligibility for participation in LBCHP.

What are the eligibility guidelines?

  • Age: A woman must be between 21 and 64 years of age to qualify for cervical cancer screenings.
  • For breast cancer screenings, women must be between 40 and 64 years old.
  • A woman who by virtue of symptoms or physical findings, regardless of age, is considered to have a substantial likelihood of having breast disease is to be referred for a diagnostic mammogram.
  • Income: The participant's household income must be at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level.
  • The Federal Poverty Level and the LBCHP's maximum allowable income are adjusted annually.

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Sofia Maduro
Sofia Maduro
Sofia is a contributor who cares about women and breast cancer awareness.

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