Scans and imaging CPT 76642 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast ultrasound (limited) cost in Baltimore, MD — inpatient

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 2 hospitals list a cash price for breast ultrasound, limited (one breast or one area) as an inpatient: from $217.78 to $368.39, with a median of $293.09. The lowest listed price is at Greater Baltimore Medical Center — $75.31 less than the median here. Across Maryland, the median is $368.39 at 5 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 76642, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$217.78Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Median$293.09half pay less
Highest$368.39in this market
Difference1.7×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

median
Lowest $217.78Highest $368.39

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 HC Breast Sonogram Uni Limited $217.78 $222.22 $217.78–$222.22 2% —
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Mercy Medical Center one side Baltimore, MD · (410) 332-9237 HC US BREAST UNI REAL TIME WITH IMAGE LIMITED RT $368.39 $375.91 $375.91–$368.39 2% —
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Mercy Medical Center one side Baltimore, MD · (410) 332-9237 HC US BREAST UNI REAL TIME WITH IMAGE LIMITED LT $368.39 $375.91 $375.91–$368.39 2% —
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Inpatient: lowest $217.78, median $293.09, highest $368.39 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $293.09 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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 limited breast ultrasound looks at one breast or one area, usually a lump or a finding on a mammogram.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and may or may not include the radiologist's reading.