Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in Houston, TX — inpatient

In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 12 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $102.04 to $2,034.00, with a median of $2,034.00. The lowest listed price is at Harris Health and 1 other hospital — $1,931.96 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $761.44 at 99 hospitals.

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 8 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 Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$102.04Harris Health + 1 more
Median$2,034.00half pay less
Highest$2,034.00in this market
Difference19.9×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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.

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Lowest $102.04Highest $2,034.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Harris Health lowest Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG OB/UC PROC US EXAM, PELVIC, COMPLETE $102.04 $901.00 $96.28–$585.65 89% —
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Harris Health lowest Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG MFM PROC US EXAM, PELVIC, COMPLETE $102.04 $901.00 $96.28–$585.65 89% —
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Harris Health lowest Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ULTRASOUND PELVIS NON OB $102.04 $901.00 $96.28–$585.65 89% —
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Harris Health lowest Houston, TX ECHG OB/UC PROC US EXAM, PELVIC, COMPLETE $102.04 $901.00 $96.28–$585.65 89% —
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Harris Health lowest Houston, TX ECHG MFM PROC US EXAM, PELVIC, COMPLETE $102.04 $901.00 $96.28–$585.65 89% —
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Harris Health lowest Houston, TX ULTRASOUND PELVIS NON OB $102.04 $901.00 $96.28–$585.65 89% —
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The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · (713) 790-2221 HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $996.00 $1,992.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 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 Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC ULTRASOUND, PELVIS $1,015.05 $1,515.00 $606.00–$1,439.25 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 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 Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 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 Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC ULTRASOUND, PELVIS $1,015.05 $1,515.00 $606.00–$1,439.25 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 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 Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 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 Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC ULTRASOUND, PELVIS $1,015.05 $1,515.00 $606.00–$1,439.25 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 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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Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress, TX · (346) 618-1506 HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $2,034.00 $4,068.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX · (281) 274-8000 HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $2,034.00 $4,068.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 270-2000 HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $2,034.00 $4,068.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist West Houston Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 522-1000 HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $2,034.00 $4,068.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston, TX · (281) 477-1000 HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $2,034.00 $4,068.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital Katy, TX HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $2,034.00 $4,068.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay, TX · (281) 333-5503 HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $2,034.00 $4,068.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX · (281) 420-8600 HC US PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE $2,034.00 $4,068.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $102.04, median $2,034.00, highest $2,034.00 — a 19.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $2,034.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 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 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.