Kidney ultrasound cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 5 hospitals list a cash price for Complete ultrasound of the back of the abdomen, such as both kidneys: from $239.16 to $450.83, with a median of $239.16. The lowest listed price is at Mount St. Mary's Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across New York, the median is $359.88 at 63 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 2 cities for code 76770, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 25, 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital lowest Lewiston, NY US Retroperitoneal Real Time W/Image Complete | $239.16 | $239.16 | $23.27–$1,446.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital lowest Buffalo, NY US Retroperitoneal Real Time W/Image Complete | $239.16 | $239.16 | $23.27–$1,446.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo lowest Buffalo, NY US Retroperitoneal Real Time W/Image Complete | $239.16 | $239.16 | $18.18–$1,446.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo lowest Buffalo, NY US Retroperitoneal Real Time W/Image Complete | $239.16 | $239.16 | $18.18–$1,446.00 | — | — source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Corporation Buffalo, NY US EXAM ABDO BACK WALL COMP | $285.24 | — | $56.44–$1,818.26 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Us Retroperitoneal Complete | $450.83 | $450.83 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $239.16, median $239.16, highest $450.83 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $239.16. 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 4 of 4 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 it is
This ultrasound looks at organs at the back of the abdomen, most often both kidneys and the bladder, and sometimes the aorta. It is ordered for kidney stones, kidney infection, abnormal kidney tests or blood in the urine.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the complete exam. 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 76770 ($549.55). 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 the Retroperitoneal and Renal Structures | $36.00 | file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYUltrasound of the Retroperitoneal and Renal Structures | $36.00 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYUltrasound of the Retroperitoneal and Renal Structures | $36.00 | file |