Scans and imaging CPT 76882 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Limb ultrasound (limited) cost in El Centro, CA — inpatient

In El Centro, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for limited ultrasound of an arm or leg (non-vascular) as an inpatient: from $67.90 to $67.90, with a median of $67.90. Across California, the median is $503.30 at 182 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 76882, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 1, 2026 and Feb 1, 2026.

Lowest$67.90Pioneers Memorial Hospital

Median$67.90half of hospitals charge less

Highest$67.90in this market

Difference1.0×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 El Centro, CA.

median

Lowest $67.90Highest $101.85

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Pioneers Memorial Hospital one side lowest Brawley, CA · (760) 351-3333 PION US AXILLA RIGHT+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 1, 2026 · source file	$67.90	$194.00	$8.66–$165.56	65%
Pioneers Memorial Hospital Brawley, CA · (760) 351-3333 PION US EXTREMITY NON VASC LMTD File of Feb 1, 2026 · source file	$94.11	$268.88	$8.66–$165.56	65%
Pioneers Memorial Hospital both sides Brawley, CA · (760) 351-3333 US Extremity Nonvascular Limited Bilat File of Feb 1, 2026 · source file	$94.11	$268.88	$8.66–$165.56	65%
Pioneers Memorial Hospital both sides Brawley, CA · (760) 351-3333 US Axilla Bilateral File of Feb 1, 2026 · source file	$101.85	$291.00	$8.66–$165.56	65%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $67.90, median $67.90, highest $67.90.

Both sides : lowest $94.11, median $94.11, highest $94.11.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $67.90 — 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 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.