Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in Philadelphia, PA — inpatient

In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 14 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $392.60 to $1,287.00, with a median of $570.61. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital — $178.01 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $517.60 at 63 hospitals.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 13 cities for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 24, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$392.60Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital

Median$570.61half pay less

Highest$1,287.00in this market

Difference3.3×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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.

median

Lowest $392.60Highest $1,287.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital lowest Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC US Pelvis Non Obstetric Complete	$392.60	$604.00	$62.78–$604.00	35%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Us Pelvis Non Ob Complete	$446.80	$1,117.00	—	60%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital Malvern, PA Hc Us Pelvis Non Ob Complete	$446.80	$1,117.00	—	60%	— source file
Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Us Pelvis Non Ob Complete	$446.80	$1,117.00	—	60%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Us Pelvis Non Ob Complete	$446.80	$1,117.00	—	60%	— source file
Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Us Pelvis Non Ob Complete	$446.80	$1,117.00	—	60%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE	$570.61	$570.61	—	—	Mar 24, 2026 source file
Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE	$570.61	$570.61	—	—	Mar 24, 2026 source file
Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE	$570.61	$570.61	—	—	Mar 24, 2026 source file
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ PELVIC NON OB COMPLETE	$570.61	$570.61	—	—	Mar 24, 2026 source file
St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC US Pelvis Non Obstetric Complete	$815.10	$1,254.00	$53.48–$1,191.30	35%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC US Pelvis Non Obstetric Complete	$824.85	$1,269.00	$109.05–$1,218.24	35%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 HC US Pelvis Non Obstetric Complete	$890.50	$1,370.00	$67.43–$1,342.60	35%	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Ultrasound Pelvic	$1,287.00	$1,287.00	—	—	— source file
Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Ultrasound Pelvic	$1,287.00	$1,287.00	—	—	— source file

Inpatient: lowest $392.60, median $570.61, highest $1,287.00 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $446.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 4 of 4 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.