CPT 76870 · 1,724 hospitals reporting

Ultrasound scan of scrotum

The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $7,571 at another — a 151× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $490.

Cheapest published

$50

18 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,724 hospitals

$490

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$7,571

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

500 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$1,295	$453	$137	$380	3 insurers
SAMARITAN NORTH LINCOLN HOSPITAL	OR	$452	$452	—	—	5 insurers
D W MCMILLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$752	$451	—	—	5 insurers
ATMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$752	$451	—	—	5 insurers
IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$752	$451	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$749	$449	$101	$727	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$749	$449	$352	$8,427	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$898	$449	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,109	$444	—	—	1 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,109	$444	—	—	1 insurers
NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL	MN	$1,058	$443	—	—	5 insurers
ASCENSION WISCONSIN HOSP MENOMONEE FALLS CAMPUS	WI	$1,050	$441	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH NEBRASKA HEART	NE	$956	$440	$679	$717	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH NEBRASKA HEART	NE	$956	$440	$86.61	$784	5 insurers
GRAND ISLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$956	$440	$679	$717	2 insurers
GRAND ISLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$956	$440	$86.61	$784	5 insurers
MOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL	HI	$628	$440	—	—	4 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$732	$439	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$876	$438	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$876	$438	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$876	$438	—	—	5 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$625	$437	—	—	4 insurers
AdventHealth Palm Coast	FL	$792	$436	$28.33	$713	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,426	$434	$1,027	$1,070	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,426	$434	$121	$1,070	5 insurers
UP HEALTH SYSTEM PORTAGE	MI	$722	$433	—	—	0 insurers
WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$864	$432	—	—	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$810	$432	$608	$770	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$810	$432	$90.49	$778	5 insurers
FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	WI	$783	$431	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$1,073	$429	—	—	1 insurers
GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$428	$428	—	—	0 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$1,637	$426	$99.13	$1,391	5 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,058	$423	—	—	0 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$845	$423	—	—	4 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$844	$422	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$844	$422	—	—	0 insurers
STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$420	$420	—	—	5 insurers
NEOSHO MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$559	$419	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - NORTH LAS VEGAS	NV	$1,690	$417	$896	$1,381	2 insurers