Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in Los Angeles, CA — inpatient

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 27 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $66.00 to $2,580.51, with a median of $1,040.00. The lowest listed price is at UCI Health-Orange — $974.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $940.80 at 101 hospitals.

Cash prices at 27 facilities across 18 cities for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$66.00UCI Health-Orange
Median$1,040.00half pay less
Highest$2,580.51in this market
Difference39.1×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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.

median
Lowest $66.00Highest $2,580.51

Hospitals, cheapest first

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UCI Health-Orange lowest Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $66.00 $165.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA · (818) 365-8051 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $502.60 $1,436.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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UCI Health-Orange Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $543.20 $1,358.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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UCI Health - Los Alamitos Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 US PELVIC COMPLETE $543.20 $1,358.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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UCI Health - Fountain Valley Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 US PELVIC COMPLETE $543.20 $1,358.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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UCI Health - Placentia Linda Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 US PELVIC COMPLETE $543.20 $1,358.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Little Co of Mary Medical Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA · (310) 832-3311 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $701.05 $2,003.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Torrance, CA · (310) 540-7676 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $701.05 $2,003.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA · (310) 829-5511 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $706.30 $2,018.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $757.40 $2,164.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $831.36 $1,732.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA · (818) 881-0800 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $985.60 $2,816.00 — 65% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · (323) 783-4011 US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West la Los Angeles, CA · (213) 857-2201 US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA · (818) 719-3800 US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA · (626) 851-1011 US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA · (818) 375-2000 US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA · (562) 461-6007 US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA · (310) 325-5111 US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA · (714) 279-4000 US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE $1,040.00 $2,000.00 $96.00–$285.00 48% —
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St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $1,218.72 $2,539.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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UCI Health - Lakewood Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 US PELVIC COMPLETE $1,235.20 $3,088.00 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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USC Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Us Exam Pelvic Complete $1,468.00 $1,468.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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St Jude Hospital Fullerton, CA · (714) 992-3000 HC US PELVIC NON-OB COMPLETE $1,787.52 $3,724.00 — 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA · (310) 823-8911 HB US PELVIS NON-OB COM $2,211.89 $3,402.90 $132.41–$9,712.00 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Us Exam Pelvic Complete $2,438.00 $2,438.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA · (310) 423-5000 HB US PELVIS TRANSABDOMEN COM $2,580.51 $3,970.02 $132.41–$14,761.00 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $66.00, median $1,040.00, highest $2,580.51 — a 39.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 31 facilities here, median $757.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 11 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.