First-trimester ultrasound cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pregnancy ultrasound before 14 weeks, through the belly, one baby: from $58.92 to $97.40, with a median of $58.92. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center El Paso and 1 other hospital. Across Texas, the median is $566.94 at 95 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center El Paso lowest El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 US PREG <14W SGL | $58.92 | $294.58 | $55.97–$286.92 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX US PREG <14W SGL | $58.92 | $294.58 | $55.97–$286.92 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $97.40 | $487.00 | $97.29–$389.60 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ERD US PREGNANCY <14 WEEKS SGL | $170.95 | $854.73 | $75.28–$470.10 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ERD US PREGNANCY <14 WEEKS SGL | $170.95 | $854.73 | $75.28–$470.10 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $58.92, median $58.92, highest $97.40 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $58.92. 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 3 of 3 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.
11 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.
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $33.83 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $38.57 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $38.57 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $38.57 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $38.57 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $38.63 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $38.63 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXUCC ESLK US PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $44.36 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $44.36 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $44.36 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXUCC ESLK US PELVIC OB <14 WKS TRANSABD | $44.36 | file |