Pelvic ultrasound cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 15 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy): from $249.50 to $1,671.00, with a median of $772.20. The lowest listed price is at Uniontown Hospital — $522.70 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $517.60 at 63 hospitals.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 10 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 Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital lowest Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 COMPLETE ULTRASOUND SCAN OF PELVIS | $249.50 | $499.00 | $24.44–$236.10 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Washington Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 PELVIC COMP TRANSABDOMINAL | $275.52 | $393.60 | $76.03–$283.39 | 30% | — source file |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 US EXAM PELVIC COMPLETE | $279.50 | $559.00 | $24.44–$236.10 | 50% | — source file |
| UPMC Washington Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 COMPONENT CANNOT INACTIVATE | $381.54 | $545.05 | $76.03–$392.44 | 30% | — source file |
| UPMC Jameson New Castle, PA · (724) 656-4100 US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $394.80 | $658.00 | $53.48–$579.04 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Washington Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 US PELVIS-MALE | $408.10 | $583.00 | $76.03–$419.76 | 30% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $550.80 | $918.00 | $84.15–$844.56 | 40% | — source file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PA · (412) 295-3319 HC US PELVIS COMPLT | $560.92 | $758.00 | $58.44–$339.88 | 26% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 232-8111 US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $576.00 | $960.00 | $84.15–$864.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA · (412) 469-5000 HC US PELVIS COMPLT | $613.98 | $758.00 | $47.75–$335.11 | 19% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela, PA · (724) 258-1000 US PELVIS TC | $772.20 | $1,287.00 | $346.20–$1,577.22 | 40% | — source file |
| Highlands Hospital Connellsville, PA · (724) 628-1500 SONO/PELVIC NON-OB COMP | $772.20 | $1,287.00 | $433.72–$1,003.86 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC McKeesport McKeesport, PA · (412) 664-2000 US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $802.80 | $1,338.00 | $84.15–$1,137.30 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC East Monroeville, PA · (412) 357-3000 US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $1,002.00 | $1,670.00 | $84.15–$1,336.00 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 692-5325 US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $1,200.00 | $2,000.00 | $101.38–$1,800.00 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 647-2345 US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $1,263.00 | $2,105.00 | $55.80–$1,789.25 | 40% | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $1,494.00 | $2,490.00 | $84.15–$2,116.50 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC St Margaret Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 784-4000 US PELVIS COMP (NONOBSTETRIC) | $1,671.00 | $2,785.00 | $84.15–$2,367.25 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $249.50, median $772.20, highest $1,671.00 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $772.20. 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 12 of 15 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76856 ($510.12). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PACHG US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE | $17.29 | file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PACHG US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE | $23.66 | file |