Limb ultrasound (limited) cost in La Crosse, WI
In La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for limited ultrasound of an arm or leg (non-vascular): from $96.00 to $142.55, with a median of $119.28. The lowest listed price is at Vernon Memorial Healthcare — $23.28 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $263.90 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 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 Jun 27, 2026 and Jun 27, 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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Memorial Healthcare lowest Viroqua, WI · (608) 637-2101 HCHG VMH ER US EXTREM NON-VAS | $96.00 | $96.00 | $40.39–$604.56 | — | — source file |
| Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics Hillsboro, WI · (608) 489-8000 HCHG 76882 ULTRASOUND, LIMITED, JOINT OR OTHER NONVASC STRUCTURE | $142.55 | $271.00 | $48.71–$646.00 | 47% | Jun 27, 2026 source file |
| Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua, WI · (608) 637-2101 HCHG 76882 ULTRASOUND, LIMITED, JOINT OR OTHER NONVASC STRUCTURES, REAL-TIME W/IMAGE DOC | $708.00 | $708.00 | $40.39–$604.56 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $96.00, median $119.28, highest $142.55 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $119.28. 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 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 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.