Pelvic ultrasound cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $785.75 to $1,178.00, with a median of $940.80. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $155.05 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $940.80 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA HC US PELVIC SURVEY | $785.75 | $3,143.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE | $940.80 | $1,680.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA US PELVIC NONOBSTETRIC REAL-TIME IMAGE COMPLETE | $940.80 | $1,680.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA US Pelvic Non OB | $1,178.00 | $2,945.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA US Pelvic Non-OB | $1,178.00 | $2,945.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $785.75, median $940.80, highest $1,178.00 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $940.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 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.