Scans and imaging CPT 76870 Outpatient

Testicular ultrasound cost in Sacramento, CA

In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for ultrasound of the scrotum and testicles: from $687.80 to $890.40, with a median of $890.40. The lowest listed price is at Shriners Childrens - Northern California — $202.60 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $890.40 at 100 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$687.80Shriners Childrens - Northern California
Median$890.40half pay less
Highest$890.40in this market
Difference1.3×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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.

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Lowest $687.80Highest $890.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Shriners Childrens - Northern California lowest Sacramento, CA · (916) 453-2000 ULTRASOUND SCAN OF SCROTUM $687.80 $687.80 $58.41–$189.95 — —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 688-2000 US SCROTUM & CONTENTS $890.40 $1,590.00 $142.00–$445.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 973-5000 US SCROTUM & CONTENTS $890.40 $1,590.00 $142.00–$445.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville, CA · (916) 784-4000 US SCROTUM & CONTENTS $890.40 $1,590.00 $142.00–$445.00 44% —
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Outpatient: lowest $687.80, median $890.40, highest $890.40 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $890.40. 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 0 of 4 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.