Limb ultrasound (limited) cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for limited ultrasound of an arm or leg (non-vascular): from $32.35 to $437.09, with a median of $173.75. The lowest listed price is at Erie County Medical Center — $141.40 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $244.99 at 108 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 76882, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie County Medical Center lowest Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 US LMTD JT/FCL EVL NVASC XTR | $32.35 | — | $43.49–$419.18 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Bertrand Chaffee Hospital one side Springville, NY · (716) 592-2871 EXT LT NON VASCULAR | $42.50 | $50.00 | $5.98–$219.00 | 15% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Bertrand Chaffee Hospital Springville, NY · (716) 592-2871 US LMTD JT/FCL EVL NVASC XTR | $143.65 | $169.00 | $5.98–$219.00 | 15% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Bertrand Chaffee Hospital one side Springville, NY · (716) 592-2871 EXTREMITY LEFT NON VASCULAR | $143.65 | $169.00 | $5.98–$219.00 | 15% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaleida Health one side Buffalo, NY · (716) 859-8620 Us Ext Nonvasc Limited Lt | $305.00 | $305.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaleida Health one side Buffalo, NY · (716) 859-8620 Us Ext Nonvasc Limited Rt | $305.00 | $305.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Us Xtr Non Vasc Lmtd | $437.09 | $437.09 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $32.35, median $173.75, highest $437.09 — a 13.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $305.00. 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 1 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 limb ultrasound looks at one area of an arm or leg, such as a lump, a tendon, a cyst behind the knee or fluid in a joint. It is not a vein or artery study.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the ultrasound. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76882 ($313.05). 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.
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NYUS,Extremity,Nonvascular,Real-Time Image,Limited | $5.92 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYUS,Extremity,Nonvascular,Real-Time Image,Limited | $5.92 | file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYUS,Extremity,Nonvascular,Real-Time Image,Limited | $5.92 | file |