Scans and imaging CPT 76856 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic ultrasound cost in Waterbury, CT — inpatient

In Waterbury, CT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound through the belly, complete (not pregnancy) as an inpatient: from $805.20 to $872.69, with a median of $838.95. The lowest listed price is at Saint Marys Hospital — $33.75 less than the median here. Across Connecticut, the median is $310.60 at 8 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 76856, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and May 13, 2026.

Lowest$805.20Saint Marys Hospital
Median$838.95half pay less
Highest$872.69in this market
Difference1.1×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 Waterbury, CT.

median
Lowest $805.20Highest $872.69

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Saint Marys Hospital lowest Waterbury, CT HC US Pelvis Non Obstetric Complete $805.20 $1,464.00 $115.75–$1,464.00 45% Mar 31, 2026
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UConn Health, Waterbury Hospital Waterbury, CT US Pelvis Non OB Complete $872.69 $1,745.37 — 50% May 13, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $805.20, median $838.95, highest $872.69 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $838.95 — 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. 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.