Scans and imaging CPT 76642 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast ultrasound (limited) cost in Reading, PA — inpatient

In Reading, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for breast ultrasound, limited (one breast or one area) (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $114.44 to $114.44, with a median of $114.44. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $398.03 at 54 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 76642, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$114.44St Joseph Regional Health Network
Median$114.44half pay less
Highest$114.44in 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 Reading, PA.

median
Lowest $114.44Highest $228.89
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St Joseph Regional Health Network one side lowest Reading, PA 76642 Ultrasound Breast, Unilateral; Limited $114.44 $440.00 $75.23–$481.06 74% —
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St Joseph Regional Health Network one side lowest Reading, PA IR Breast Limited Right $114.44 $440.00 $75.23–$481.06 74% —
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St Joseph Regional Health Network one side lowest Reading, PA IR Breast Limited Left $114.44 $440.00 $75.23–$481.06 74% —
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St Joseph Regional Health Network one side lowest Reading, PA US Breast Limited Left $114.44 $440.00 $75.23–$481.06 74% —
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St Joseph Regional Health Network one side lowest Reading, PA US Breast Limited Left Inpt/ED Only $114.44 $440.00 $75.23–$481.06 74% —
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St Joseph Regional Health Network one side lowest Reading, PA US Breast Limited Right $114.44 $440.00 $75.23–$481.06 74% —
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St Joseph Regional Health Network one side lowest Reading, PA US Breast Limited Right Inpt/ED Only $114.44 $440.00 $75.23–$481.06 74% —
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St Joseph Regional Health Network both sides Reading, PA US Breast Limited Bilateral $228.89 $880.00 $75.23–$704.00 74% —
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One side of the body : lowest $114.44, median $114.44, highest $114.44.

Both sides : lowest $228.89, median $228.89, highest $228.89.

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.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $114.44 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.