Scans and imaging CPT 76857 Outpatient

Pelvic ultrasound (limited) cost in St. Louis, MO

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 11 hospitals list a cash price for pelvic ultrasound (not pregnancy), limited or follow-up: from $63.70 to $1,056.24, with a median of $445.90. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Lincoln — $382.20 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $330.85 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 76857, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$63.70Mercy Hospital Lincoln
Median$445.90half pay less
Highest$1,056.24in this market
Difference16.6×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 St. Louis, MO-IL.

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Lowest $63.70Highest $1,056.24

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 US Pelvic Non OB Limited F/U Pf $63.70 $98.00 $126.92–$205.03 35% —
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Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 US-PELVIS NON OB FU $125.96 $209.94 $209.94 40% —
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Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 US Pelvic Non OB Limited F/U $308.10 $474.00 $38.47–$205.03 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus, MO US Pelvic Non OB Limited F/U $313.95 $483.00 $102.72–$235.61 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO US Pelvic Non OB Limited F/U $403.00 $620.00 $102.72–$130.89 35% —
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Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO US Pelvic Non OB Limited F/U $445.90 $686.00 $102.72–$235.61 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 US Pelvic Non OB Limited F/U $471.90 $726.00 $47.19–$726.00 35% —
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Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO · (314) 432-3600 US EXAM PELVIC LIMITED $541.70 $541.70 $42.06–$212.68 — —
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St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC US PELVIS NON-OB LTD $544.32 $756.00 $33.44–$756.00 28% —
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St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC US PELVIS NON-OB LTD $566.64 $787.00 $94.73–$787.00 28% —
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St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 HC US PELVIS NON-OB LTD $604.08 $839.00 $66.94–$839.00 28% —
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Hshs Holy Family Hospital Greenville, IL · (618) 664-1230 HC US PELVIS NON-OB LTD $1,056.24 $1,467.00 $99.47–$1,467.00 28% —
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Outpatient: lowest $63.70, median $445.90, highest $1,056.24 — a 16.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $566.64. 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 6 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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 limited pelvic ultrasound looks at one question in the pelvis, such as following up an ovarian cyst or checking the bladder.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.

6 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76857 ($347.10). 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.

Mercy Hospitals East Communities Washington, MOUS Pelvic Nonobstetric Image Dcmtn Limited/F/U $27.00 file
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MOUS Pelvic Nonobstetric Image Dcmtn Limited/F/U $27.00 file
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MOUS Pelvic Nonobstetric Image Dcmtn Limited/F/U $27.00 file
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MOUS Pelvic Nonobstetric Image Dcmtn Limited/F/U $27.00 file
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MOUS Pelvic Nonobstetric Image Dcmtn Limited/F/U $27.00 file
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MOUS Pelvic Nonobstetric Image Dcmtn Limited/F/U $27.00 file