Scans and imaging CPT 76882 Outpatient

Limb ultrasound (limited) cost in Madison, WI

In Madison, WI, 3 hospitals list a cash price for limited ultrasound of an arm or leg (non-vascular): from $263.90 to $919.47, with a median of $422.95. The lowest listed price is at Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital — $159.05 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $279.40 at 100 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 Jan 28, 2026 and Jun 11, 2026.

Lowest$263.90Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital

Median$422.95half of hospitals charge less

Highest$919.47in this market

Difference3.5×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 Madison, WI.

median

Lowest $263.90Highest $919.47

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital lowest Portage, WI · (608) 742-4131 US Extremity Non Vascular Limited File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$263.90	$406.00	—	35%
Stoughton Hospital Stoughton, WI · (608) 873-6611 Limited ultrasound scan of joint or other extremity structure except blood vessels File of Jun 11, 2026 · source file	$422.95	$769.00	$62.21–$692.10	45%
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Madison, WI · (608) 417-6210 HC US XTR NON-VASC LTD File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file	$919.47	$1,149.33	$102.72–$1,091.86	20%
Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital both sides Portage, WI · (608) 742-4131 US Extremity Non Vascular Limited\|TECHNICAL COMPONENT\|BILATERAL PROCEDURE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$395.85	$609.00	—	35%

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.

Outpatient: lowest $263.90, median $422.95, highest $919.47 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $395.85, median $395.85, highest $395.85.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $591.69. 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.