Scans and imaging CPT 76815 Outpatient

Limited pregnancy ultrasound cost in Lexington, KY

In Lexington-Fayette, KY, 10 hospitals list a cash price for pregnancy ultrasound, limited (heartbeat, position, fluid): from $113.71 to $861.92, with a median of $435.87. The lowest listed price is at University of Kentucky Hospital — $322.16 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $522.67 at 80 hospitals.

  • The median here, $435.87, is 14% above the US median of $383.00.
  • That is 4.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($106.81).
  • Lexington, KY ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Kentucky by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 6 cities for code 76815, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

Lowest$113.71University of Kentucky Hospital
Median$435.87half of hospitals charge less
Highest$861.92in this market
Difference7.6×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 Lexington-Fayette, KY.

median
Lowest $113.71Highest $861.92

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
University of Kentucky Hospital lowest Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Poct Us Ed Pregnancy (Ta) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $113.71 $284.27 — 60%
Bluegrass Community Hospital Versailles, KY · (859) 879-2300 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited (eg, fetal heart beat, placental location, fetal position and/or qualitative amniotic fluid volume), 1 or more fetuses File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file $191.61 $479.02 $143.71–$479.02 60%
Saint Joseph East Lexington, KY · (859) 967-5000 HC U/S OB US Quick Ltd File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $361.95 $862.00 $104.94–$555.13 58%
University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Ultrasound Pregnant Uterus-Limited 1/> Fetuses File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $369.91 $924.77 — 60%
Continuing Care Hospital Lexington, KY HC U/S OB US QUICK LTD File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $382.22 $862.00 $784.42–$836.14 56%
Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington, KY · (859) 313-1000 HC U/S OB US Quick Ltd+1 more line at this price File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $409.36 $862.00 $102.10–$543.06 53%
Saint Joseph Hospital Nicholasville, KY · (859) 313-1000 HC U/S OB US Quick Ltd File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file $462.38 $862.00 $102.10–$680.98 46%
Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester, KY · (859) 737-8559 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited (eg, fetal heart beat, placental location, fetal position and/or qualitative amniotic fluid volume), 1 or more fetuses File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file $586.57 $1,466.43 $104.48–$1,466.43 60%
Bourbon Community Hospital Paris, KY · (859) 987-3600 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited (eg, fetal heart beat, placental location, fetal position and/or qualitative amniotic fluid volume), 1 or more fetuses File of Jul 11, 2026 · source file $596.17 $1,490.42 $104.48–$1,490.42 60%
Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown, KY · (502) 868-1100 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited (eg, fetal heart beat, placental location, fetal position and/or qualitative amniotic fluid volume), 1 or more fetuses File of Jul 10, 2026 · source file $754.46 $1,886.16 $104.48–$1,886.16 60%
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington, KY · (859) 260-6100 Limited ultrasound of pregnant uterus File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file $861.92 $1,149.23 $103.43–$2,336.38 25%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $113.71, median $435.87, highest $861.92 — a 7.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $382.22. 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 8 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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 limited pregnancy ultrasound is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Limited pregnancy ultrasound explained.