Scans and imaging CPT 76700 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ultrasound of the abdomen, complete in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — inpatient

In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Ultrasound of the abdomen, complete as an inpatient: from $250.45 to $762.54, with a median of $250.45. The lowest listed price is at Mount St. Mary's Hospital.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 76700, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$250.45Mount St. Mary's Hospital
Median$250.45half pay less
Highest$762.54in this market
Difference3.0×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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.

median
Lowest $250.45Highest $762.54

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Mount St. Mary's Hospital lowest Lewiston, NY US Abdominal Real Time W/Image Documentation $250.45 $250.45
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Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY US Abdominal Real Time W/Image Documentation $250.45 $250.45
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Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY US Abdominal Real Time W/Image Documentation $250.45 $250.45
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Us Complete Abdomen $762.54 $762.54 Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $250.45, median $250.45, highest $762.54 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $250.45 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A complete abdominal ultrasound uses sound waves to make pictures of the organs in the upper belly, including the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and the abdominal aorta. It is often used for pain, gallstones or abnormal liver tests. It uses no radiation.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the ultrasound exam done by a sonographer. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76700 ($611.15). 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.

Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NYUltrasound of Abdomen $36.00 file
Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYUltrasound of Abdomen $36.00 file
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYUltrasound of Abdomen $36.00 file