Kidney ultrasound cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 11 hospitals list a cash price for complete ultrasound of the back of the abdomen, such as both kidneys: from $297.36 to $1,186.66, with a median of $614.40. The lowest listed price is at University of Louisville Hospital — $317.04 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $581.40 at 69 hospitals.
- The median here, $614.40, is 6% above the US median of $580.00.
- That is 5.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($106.81).
- 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 17 facilities across 9 cities for code 76770, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 US ABDOMEN RETROPERITONEAL+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $297.36 | $1,239.00 | $208.15–$1,239.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY US ABDOMEN RETROPERITONEAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $446.04 | $1,239.00 | $208.15–$1,239.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 US ABDOMEN RETROPERITONEAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $470.82 | $1,239.00 | $165.90–$1,239.00 | 62% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY US ABDOMEN RETROPERITONEAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $557.55 | $1,239.00 | $208.15–$1,239.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 US ABDOMEN RETROPERITONEAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $557.55 | $1,239.00 | $208.15–$1,239.00 | 55% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 US RETROPERITONEUM B-SCAN COMP+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $614.40 | $1,024.00 | $24.92–$750.08 | 40% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Complete ultrasound scan behind abdominal cavity File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $859.06 | $1,145.41 | $67.05–$1,718.12 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Complete ultrasound scan behind abdominal cavity File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $859.06 | $1,145.41 | $103.09–$2,290.82 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Complete ultrasound scan behind abdominal cavity File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $859.06 | $1,145.41 | $94.22–$2,290.82 | 25% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Complete ultrasound scan behind abdominal cavity File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $940.20 | $1,567.00 | $67.05–$1,410.30 | 40% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC U/S Retroperitoneal Comp File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $1,186.66 | $2,812.00 | $103.00–$2,241.16 | 58% |
| Norton Clark Hospital both sides Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB US RENAL BILATERAL File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $215.46 | $1,539.00 | $67.05–$1,346.63 | 86% |
| University of Louisville Hospital both sides Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 XA KIDNEY SONOGRAM - BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $297.36 | $1,239.00 | $208.15–$1,239.00 | 76% |
| Norton Children's Hospital both sides Louisville, KY HB US RENAL BILATERAL File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $331.80 | $1,659.00 | $53.60–$1,410.15 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital both sides Louisville, KY HB US RENAL BILATERAL File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $331.80 | $1,659.00 | $53.60–$1,529.60 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital both sides Louisville, KY HB US RENAL BILATERAL File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $331.80 | $1,659.00 | $53.60–$1,529.60 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital both sides Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB US RENAL BILATERAL File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $331.80 | $1,659.00 | $53.60–$1,529.60 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital both sides Louisville, KY HB US RENAL BILATERAL File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $331.80 | $1,659.00 | $53.60–$1,529.60 | 80% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital both sides Louisville, KY XA KIDNEY SONOGRAM - BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $446.04 | $1,239.00 | $208.15–$1,239.00 | 64% |
Outpatient: lowest $297.36, median $614.40, highest $1,186.66 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $215.46, median $331.80, highest $446.04 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $557.55. 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 11 of 11 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 kidney ultrasound is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Kidney ultrasound explained.