Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in Baltimore, MD — inpatient

In Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $225.00 to $859.83, with a median of $515.75. The lowest listed price is at Greater Baltimore Medical Center — $290.75 less than the median here. Across Maryland, the median is $573.84 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$225.00Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Median$515.75half pay less
Highest$859.83in this market
Difference3.8×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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

median
Lowest $225.00Highest $859.83

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 Echo,Pelvic (Nonobstetric) $225.00 $225.00 $146.46–$225.00 — —
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center lowest Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 Echo,Pelvic (Nonobstetric) $225.00 $225.00 $112.37–$225.00 — —
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center Towson, MD · (443) 849-2000 HC Pelvic Sonogram-Complete $304.89 $311.11 $304.89–$311.11 2% —
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Mercy Medical Center Baltimore, MD · (410) 332-9237 HC ECHO,PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) $515.75 $526.28 $526.28–$515.75 2% —
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Baltimore, MD · (410) 578-5050 US Exam Pelvic, Complete $859.83 $877.38 $859.83–$877.38 2% —
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Inpatient: lowest $225.00, median $515.75, highest $859.83 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $515.75 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 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 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 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.