Transvaginal OB ultrasound cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 5 hospitals list a cash price for transvaginal ultrasound during pregnancy: from $136.23 to $533.56, with a median of $533.56. The lowest listed price is at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center — $397.33 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $254.00 at 59 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 3 cities for code 76817, 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 VAGINAL ULTRASOUND OF PREGNANT UTERUS | $136.23 | $194.62 | $64.65–$133.76 | 30% | — source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 TRANSVAGINAL US OBSTETRIC | $189.35 | — | $56.44–$362.24 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 US Preg Uterus Real Time W/Image Dcmtn Transvag | $533.56 | $533.56 | $24.16–$368.00 | — | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 US Preg Uterus Real Time W/Image Dcmtn Transvag | $533.56 | $533.56 | $24.16–$368.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 US Preg Uterus Real Time W/Image Dcmtn Transvag | $533.56 | $533.56 | $24.16–$368.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 US Preg Uterus Real Time W/Image Dcmtn Transvag | $533.56 | $533.56 | $24.16–$368.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 US Preg Uterus Real Time W/Image Dcmtn Transvag | $533.56 | $533.56 | $24.16–$368.00 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $136.23, median $533.56, highest $533.56 — a 3.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $533.56. 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
A transvaginal pregnancy ultrasound uses a small probe placed in the vagina to get close-up pictures. It is most often used early in pregnancy to see the pregnancy and heartbeat, and later to measure the length of the cervix.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the exam. The doctor's reading may be billed separately, and an abdominal pregnancy ultrasound done at the same visit is billed under 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 76817 ($394.20). 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 Transvaginal US Obstetric - US OB Transvaginal | $36.00 | file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYHC Transvaginal US Obstetric - US OB Transvaginal | $36.00 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYHC Transvaginal US Obstetric - US OB Transvaginal | $36.00 | file |