Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Outpatient

Pelvic ultrasound cost in Scranton, PA

In Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy): from $366.24 to $626.67, with a median of $496.46. The lowest listed price is at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital — $130.22 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $517.60 at 76 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 76856, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 1, 2024 and Dec 2, 2024.

Lowest$366.24Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Median$496.46half pay less
Highest$626.67in this market
Difference1.7×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 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA.

median
Lowest $366.24Highest $626.67

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital lowest Wilkes-Barre, PA · (570) 829-8111 US-PELVIS NON OB $366.24 $1,526.00 $46.50–$1,411.55 76% Dec 1, 2024
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Regional Hospital of Scranton Scranton, PA · (570) 348-7100 US-PELVIS NON OB $626.67 $2,321.00 $46.50–$2,184.06 73% Dec 2, 2024
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Regional Hospital of Scranton Scranton, PA · (570) 348-7100 US-PELVIS NON OB $626.67 $2,321.00 $46.50–$2,184.06 73% Dec 2, 2024
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Outpatient: lowest $366.24, median $496.46, highest $626.67 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $762.09. 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 2 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.