Scans and imaging CPT 76870 Outpatient

Testicular ultrasound cost in Charlotte, NC

In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 16 hospitals list a cash price for ultrasound of the scrotum and testicles: from $291.50 to $1,570.50, with a median of $478.30. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center — $186.80 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $478.30 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 16 facilities across 13 cities for code 76870, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 1, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$291.50MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center
Median$478.30half pay less
Highest$1,570.50in this market
Difference5.4×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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.

median
Lowest $291.50Highest $1,570.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center lowest Chester, SC · (803) 581-3151 HB US SCROTUM $291.50 $583.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 HC US SCROTUM $474.12 $1,756.00 $101.15–$1,141.40 73% —
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Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 US Scrotum $474.12 $1,756.00 $325.68–$605.82 73% —
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Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 US Scrotum $474.12 $1,756.00 $325.68–$614.60 73% —
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte, NC HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $108.47–$880.07 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $181.75–$956.60 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Belmont, NC HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $108.47–$880.07 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $85.28–$880.07 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC · (704) 694-5131 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $103.16–$908.77 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord, NC · (704) 783-3000 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $103.16–$908.77 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC · (980) 212-2000 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $101.76–$908.77 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $95.66–$880.07 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Atrium Health Union Monroe, NC · (704) 283-3100 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $103.16–$908.77 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $95.66–$927.90 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $85.28–$860.94 50% Dec 4, 2025
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Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC US ECHO SCROTUM & CONTENTS $478.30 $956.60 $85.28–$860.94 50% Dec 5, 2025
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia, NC HCHG US SCROTUM AND CONTENTS $1,140.00 $1,140.00 $106.81–$1,083.00 — May 11, 2026
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NC HCHG US SCROTUM AND CONTENTS $1,140.00 $1,140.00 $106.81–$1,083.00 — May 11, 2026
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Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont, NC HCHG US SCROTUM AND CONTENTS $1,140.00 $1,140.00 $106.81–$1,083.00 — May 11, 2026
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MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC · (803) 286-1481 HB US SCROTUM $1,496.50 $2,993.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Amisub of South Carolina Rock Hill, SC US SCROTUM CONTENTS $1,570.50 $2,094.00 $1.00–$1,591.44 25% Sep 1, 2026
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Amisub of South Carolina Fort Mill, SC US SCROTUM CONTENTS $1,570.50 $2,094.00 $1.00–$1,591.44 25% Apr 15, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $291.50, median $478.30, highest $1,570.50 — a 5.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $478.30. 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 11 of 14 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 scrotal ultrasound makes pictures of the testicles and the structures around them. It is ordered for pain, swelling, a lump, or infertility tests. Sudden severe testicular pain is an emergency, and the scan is then usually done in the ER.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the exam of both sides. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a Doppler blood-flow study may be billed under its own code.