Pelvic ultrasound cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 8 hospitals list a cash price for Pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy): from $211.43 to $798.00, with a median of $468.10. The lowest listed price is at Boston Medical Center South — $256.67 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $452.90 at 17 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 cities for code 76856, 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Medical Center South lowest Brockton, MA HC Chg US Pelvic Nonobstetric Real-Time Image Complete | $211.43 | $469.84 | $125.29–$394.86 | 55% | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA HC Chg US Pelvic Nonobstetric Real-Time Image Complete | $235.73 | $523.84 | $125.29–$475.07 | 55% | — source file |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA HC Echo Pelvic (Nonobstetric) - US Pelvis | $354.20 | $506.00 | $83.73–$557.00 | 30% | — source file |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA HC Echo Pelvic (Nonobstetric) - US Pelvis | $452.90 | $647.00 | $112.51–$647.00 | 30% | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MA HC Chg US Pelvic Nonobstetric Real-Time Image Complete | $483.30 | $1,074.00 | $106.81–$912.90 | 55% | — source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA HC Echo Pelvic (Nonobstetric) - US Pelvis | $541.10 | $773.00 | $83.73–$773.00 | 30% | — source file |
| Shriners Childrens - Boston Boston, MA US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE | $691.30 | $691.30 | $95.41–$817.41 | — | — source file |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA HC Pelvic Real-Time Scan | $798.00 | $798.00 | $128.66–$1,129.47 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $211.43, median $468.10, highest $798.00 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $452.90. 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 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.