Breast ultrasound cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 11 hospitals list a cash price for breast ultrasound, complete, one breast: from $279.50 to $2,310.00, with a median of $613.98. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital — $334.48 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $540.80 at 46 hospitals.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 7 cities for code 76641, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 ULTRASOUND BREAST COMPLETE | $279.50 | $559.00 | $26.00–$236.10 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Jameson one side New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 US BREAST COMPLETE UNILATERAL | $403.20 | $672.00 | $45.95–$591.36 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital one side Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC US BREAST COMPLETE UNILATERAL | $511.80 | $853.00 | $45.58–$784.76 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC US BRST CMP UN TECH ONLY RESEARCH | $511.80 | $853.00 | $45.58–$784.76 | 40% | — source file |
| Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PA · (412) 858-2000 HC US BREAST UNI COMPLETE | $560.04 | $718.00 | $58.44–$323.18 | 22% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Mercy one side Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 US BREAST COMPLETE UNILATERAL | $597.60 | $996.00 | $45.15–$896.40 | 40% | — source file |
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA · (412) 469-5000 HC US BREAST UNI COMPLETE | $613.98 | $758.00 | $47.75–$335.11 | 19% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA · (724) 628-1500 SONO/BREAST | $772.20 | $1,287.00 | $433.72–$1,003.86 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret one side Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 US BREAST COMPLETE UNILATERAL | $1,305.60 | $2,176.00 | $45.58–$1,849.60 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian one side Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 US BREAST COMPLETE UNILATERAL | $1,416.00 | $2,360.00 | $45.58–$2,006.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh one side Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 692-5325 US BREAST COMPLETE UNILATERAL | $1,523.40 | $2,539.00 | $100.05–$2,285.10 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC McKeesport one side McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 US BREAST COMPLETE UNILATERAL | $2,310.00 | $3,850.00 | $45.58–$3,272.50 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $279.50, median $613.98, highest $2,310.00 — a 8.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $693.09. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 8 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A breast ultrasound makes pictures of the inside of the breast with sound waves. The complete exam covers the whole breast and often the nearby armpit. It is often done after a mammogram finding, for a lump, or in dense breasts.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the exam of one breast. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a biopsy, if needed, is billed under different codes.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76641 ($383.10). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PACHG US BREAST UNI REAL TIME WITH IMAGE COMPLETE | $18.62 | file |
| Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PACHG US BREAST UNI REAL TIME WITH IMAGE COMPLETE | $21.56 | file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PACHG US BREAST UNI REAL TIME WITH IMAGE COMPLETE | $25.48 | file |