Scans and imaging CPT 76770 Outpatient

Kidney ultrasound cost in Memphis, TN

In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 12 hospitals list a cash price for complete ultrasound of the back of the abdomen, such as both kidneys: from $174.45 to $280.94, with a median of $255.99. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $81.54 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $149.06 at 43 hospitals.

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 cities for code 76770, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

Lowest$174.45Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden
Median$255.99half pay less
Highest$280.94in this market
Difference1.6×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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.

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Lowest $174.45Highest $280.94
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Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC US RETROPERITONEAL ORG $174.45 $1,163.00 $44.00–$930.40 85% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC US RETROPERITONEAL ORG $179.20 $896.00 $92.51–$806.40 80% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC US RETROPERITONEAL ORG $231.12 $963.00 $84.50–$866.70 76% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN HC US RETROPERITONEAL ORG $244.23 $1,163.00 $92.51–$1,046.70 79% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC US RETROPERITONEAL ORG $244.23 $1,163.00 $92.51–$1,046.70 79% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC US RETROPERITONEAL ORG $244.23 $1,163.00 $55.69–$1,046.70 79% Feb 28, 2026
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Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp Germantown, TN HC US,Retroperit, B-Scan/Real Time,Complete - US Retroperitoneum $267.74 $1,217.00 $44.00–$388.20 78% —
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Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN HC US,Retroperit, B-Scan/Real Time,Complete - US Retroperitoneum $267.74 $1,217.00 $44.00–$388.20 78% —
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Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC US,Retroperit, B-Scan/Real Time,Complete - US Retroperitoneum $267.74 $1,217.00 — 78% —
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Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN HC US,Retroperit, B-Scan/Real Time,Complete - US Retroperitoneum $267.74 $1,217.00 $44.00–$388.20 78% —
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Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC US,Retroperit, B-Scan/Real Time,Complete - US Retroperitoneum $267.74 $1,217.00 — 78% —
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Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC US,Retroperit, B-Scan/Real Time,Complete - US Retroperitoneum $280.94 $1,277.00 — 78% —
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden both sides West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC US RENAL BILATERAL $174.45 $1,163.00 $44.00–$930.40 85% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto both sides Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC US RENAL BILATERAL $207.80 $1,039.00 $92.51–$935.10 80% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville both sides Collierville, TN HC US RENAL BILATERAL $244.23 $1,163.00 $92.51–$1,046.70 79% Feb 27, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis both sides Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC US RENAL BILATERAL $244.23 $1,163.00 $55.69–$1,046.70 79% Feb 28, 2026
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's both sides Memphis, TN HC US RENAL BILATERAL $244.23 $1,163.00 $92.51–$1,046.70 79% Feb 27, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $174.45, median $255.99, highest $280.94 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $174.45, median $244.23, highest $244.23 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $255.99. 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 9 of 9 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.