Breast ultrasound (limited) cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 16 hospitals list a cash price for breast ultrasound, limited (one breast or one area): from $101.40 to $942.66, with a median of $250.12. The lowest listed price is at Harrison County Hospital — $148.72 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $297.99 at 78 hospitals.
- The median here, $250.12, is 28% below the US median of $346.09.
- That is 2.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($88.91).
- Louisville, KY has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Kentucky with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 8 cities for code 76642, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison County Hospital lowest Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Limited ultrasound scan of 1 breast File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $101.40 | $169.00 | $32.65–$152.10 | 40% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB US SFT TISSUE BREAST - POCUS+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$1,648.00 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$508.02 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED BIL+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$468.35 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$468.35 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB US SFT TISSUE BREAST - POCUS+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$1,693.00 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED LT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$508.02 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$508.02 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED BIL+1 more line at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$1,648.00 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB US SFT TISSUE BREAST - POCUS+1 more line at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$1,648.00 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital one side Louisville, KY HB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED RT+1 more line at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $110.20 | $551.00 | $82.54–$508.02 | 80% |
| University of Louisville Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 USN BREAST UNILAT LIMITED File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $162.24 | $676.00 | $113.57–$676.00 | 76% |
| Harrison County Hospital one side Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Limited ultrasound scan of 1 breast+1 more line at this price File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $200.40 | $334.00 | $39.50–$361.00 | 40% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY USN BREAST UNILAT LIMITED File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $243.36 | $676.00 | $113.57–$676.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville one side Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 USN BREAST UNILAT LIMITED File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $256.88 | $676.00 | $90.52–$676.00 | 62% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 ULS BREAST LIMITED UNI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $296.40 | $494.00 | $18.96–$400.00 | 40% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital one side Shepherdville, KY USN BREAST UNILAT LIMITED File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $304.20 | $676.00 | $113.57–$676.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital one side Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 USN BREAST UNILAT LIMITED File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $304.20 | $676.00 | $113.57–$676.00 | 55% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC US Breast Bil Limited File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $452.81 | $1,073.00 | $85.74–$855.18 | 58% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC U/S Breast Lmtd File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $484.46 | $1,148.00 | $85.74–$914.96 | 58% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Limited ultrasound scan of 1 breast File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $942.66 | $1,256.88 | $67.54–$2,513.76 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Limited ultrasound scan of 1 breast File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $942.66 | $1,256.88 | $39.50–$1,885.32 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Limited ultrasound scan of 1 breast File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $942.66 | $1,256.88 | $109.00–$2,513.76 | 25% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital both sides Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 ULS BREAST LIMITED BI+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $592.80 | $988.00 | $18.96–$723.71 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $101.40, median $250.12, highest $942.66 — a 9.3× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $592.80, median $592.80, highest $592.80.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $202.80. 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 16 of 16 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 breast ultrasound (limited) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breast ultrasound (limited) explained.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76642 ($355.48). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, INHB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED RT | $33.04 | file |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, INHB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED BIL | $33.04 | file |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, INHB ULTRASOUND BREAST LIMITED LT | $33.18 | file |