Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in San Antonio, TX — inpatient

In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $182.25 to $182.25, with a median of $182.25. Across Texas, the median is $761.44 at 99 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 14, 2025 and Oct 14, 2025.

Lowest$182.25Bexar County Hospital District
Median$182.25half pay less
Highest$182.25in this market
Difference1.0×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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.

median
Lowest $182.25Highest $182.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bexar County Hospital District lowest San Antonio, TX HC PBB ECHO,PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) - US PELVIS $182.25 $729.00 $269.73–$619.65 75% Oct 14, 2025
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Bexar County Hospital District lowest San Antonio, TX HC ECHO,PELVIC (NONOBSTETRIC) - US PELVIS $182.25 $729.00 $269.73–$619.65 75% Oct 14, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $182.25, median $182.25, highest $182.25.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $169.17 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.