Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in Austin, TX — inpatient

In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 13 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $134.10 to $1,015.05, with a median of $520.36. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Seton and 1 other hospital — $386.26 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $761.44 at 99 hospitals.

Cash prices at 13 facilities across 10 cities for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 5, 2026 and Jun 13, 2026.

Lowest$134.10Ascension Seton + 1 more
Median$520.36half pay less
Highest$1,015.05in 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

median
Lowest $134.10Highest $1,015.05

Hospitals, cheapest first

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Ascension Seton lowest Kyle, TX US PELVIC NONPREG PEDI $134.10 $372.50 $79.30–$372.11 64% —
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Ascension Seton lowest Smithville, TX US FOLLICLE STUDY PEDI $134.10 $372.50 $79.30–$372.11 64% —
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Ascension Seton lowest Smithville, TX US PELVIC NONPREG PEDI $134.10 $372.50 $79.30–$372.11 64% —
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Ascension Seton lowest Kyle, TX US FOLLICLE STUDY PEDI $134.10 $372.50 $79.30–$372.11 64% —
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE $191.25 $531.25 $79.30–$466.86 64% —
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE $191.25 $531.25 $79.30–$466.86 64% —
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE $224.55 $623.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX GYN SONOGRAM COMPLETE $247.14 $686.50 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX GYN SONOGRAM COMPLETE $247.14 $686.50 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX GYN SONOGRAM COMPLETE $247.14 $686.50 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Smithville, TX US PELVIC NONPREG $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Kyle, TX US PELVIC NONPREG $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US PELVIC NONPREG $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US FOLLICLE STUDY $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX GYN SONOGRAM COMPLETE $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US PELVIC NONPREG $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US FOLLICLE STUDY $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US PELVIC NONPREG $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US FOLLICLE STUDY $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US PELVIC NONPREG $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US FOLLICLE STUDY $256.95 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US FOLLICLE STUDY PEDI $260.75 $372.50 $79.30–$372.11 30% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US PELVIC NONPREG PEDI $260.75 $372.50 $79.30–$372.11 30% —
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Ascension Seton Luling, TX US PELVIC NONPREG $295.02 $819.50 $79.30–$743.31 64% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE $371.88 $531.25 $79.30–$466.86 30% —
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Ascension Seton Austin, TX US PELVIC NONPREG $499.63 $713.75 $79.30–$594.65 30% —
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX HC PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $520.36 $867.27 $477.00–$780.54 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX HC PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $520.36 $867.27 $477.00–$780.54 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX HC PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $520.36 $867.27 $477.00–$693.82 40% Jun 12, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX HC PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $520.36 $867.27 $477.00–$780.54 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX HC PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $520.36 $867.27 $477.00–$607.09 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX HC PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $520.36 $867.27 $477.00–$607.09 40% Jun 13, 2026
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Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX HC PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $520.36 $867.27 $477.00–$563.73 40% Jun 3, 2026
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Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX US-PELVIS NON OB $586.43 $1,628.97 $79.30–$829.53 64% —
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Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX TC US PELVIS COMPLETE (NONOBSTETRIC) $1,015.05 $1,515.00 $606.00–$1,439.25 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX TC US, PELVIC (NON-OBSTETRIC), COMPLETE $1,015.05 $1,515.00 $606.00–$1,439.25 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX TC ULTRASOUND, PELVIS $1,015.05 $1,515.00 $606.00–$1,439.25 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $134.10, median $520.36, highest $1,015.05 — a 7.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $520.36 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 13 of 13 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 pelvic ultrasound through the belly makes pictures of the organs in the pelvis: in women the uterus, ovaries and bladder, and in men the bladder and prostate area. It is ordered for pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, fibroids, cysts or urinary problems. This code is for non-pregnancy exams.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the exam itself. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a transvaginal ultrasound done at the same visit (76830) is billed as its own code.