Scans and imaging CPT 76642 Outpatient

Breast ultrasound (limited) cost in Blacksburg, VA

In Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breast ultrasound, limited (one breast or one area) (one side of the body): from $271.25 to $271.25, with a median of $271.25. Across Virginia, the median is $415.82 at 43 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 76642, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$271.25Carilion New River Valley Medical Center
Median$271.25half pay less
Highest$271.25in this market
Difference1.0×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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.

median
Lowest $271.25Highest $542.50
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center one side lowest Christiansburg, VA HB US BREAST UNILAT LIMITED LT $271.25 $775.00 $27.09–$1,472.50 65% —
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Carilion New River Valley Medical Center one side lowest Christiansburg, VA HB US BREAST UNILAT LIMITED RT $271.25 $775.00 $27.09–$1,472.50 65% —
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Carilion New River Valley Medical Center both sides Christiansburg, VA HB US BREAST BILAT LIMITED $542.50 $1,550.00 $27.09–$1,472.50 65% —
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One side of the body : lowest $271.25, median $271.25, highest $271.25.

Both sides : lowest $542.50, median $542.50, highest $542.50.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76642 ($346.09). 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.

Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Christiansburg, VAHB US BREAST UNILAT LIMITED RT G@ $18.92 file
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Christiansburg, VAHB US BREAST UNILAT LIMITED LT G@ $18.92 file