First-trimester ultrasound cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 5 hospitals list a cash price for pregnancy ultrasound before 14 weeks, through the belly, one baby: from $223.38 to $503.89, with a median of $503.89. The lowest listed price is at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center — $280.51 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $303.28 at 60 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 76801, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center lowest Niagara Falls, NY · (716) 278-4000 OB US < 14 WKS SINGLE FETUS | $223.38 | $319.12 | $85.19–$157.32 | 30% | — source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 OB US < 14 WKS SINGLE FETUS | $229.38 | — | $56.44–$362.24 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 US Pregnant Uterus 14 Wk Transabdl 1/1st Gestat | $503.89 | $503.89 | $31.72–$399.00 | — | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 US Pregnant Uterus 14 Wk Transabdl 1/1st Gestat | $503.89 | $503.89 | $31.72–$399.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 US Pregnant Uterus 14 Wk Transabdl 1/1st Gestat | $503.89 | $503.89 | $31.72–$399.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 US Pregnant Uterus 14 Wk Transabdl 1/1st Gestat | $503.89 | $503.89 | $31.72–$399.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 US Pregnant Uterus 14 Wk Transabdl 1/1st Gestat | $503.89 | $503.89 | $31.72–$399.00 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $223.38, median $503.89, highest $503.89 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $503.89. 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 1 of 5 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 is a pregnancy ultrasound through the belly in the first trimester, before 14 weeks, for one baby. It confirms the pregnancy is in the uterus, checks the heartbeat, counts babies and estimates the due date.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the exam. The doctor's reading may be billed separately, and a transvaginal scan done at the same visit (76817) is billed as its own code.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76801 ($453.01). 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, NYHC OB US < 14 Wks Single Fetus - US OB < 14 Weeks Single or First Gest | $33.00 | file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYHC OB US < 14 Wks Single Fetus - US OB < 14 Weeks Single or First Gest | $33.00 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYHC OB US < 14 Wks Single Fetus - US OB < 14 Weeks Single or First Gest | $33.00 | file |