Limb ultrasound (limited) cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 24 hospitals list a cash price for limited ultrasound of an arm or leg (non-vascular): from $116.36 to $847.00, with a median of $807.10. The lowest listed price is at St. Rose Hospital — $690.74 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $503.30 at 182 hospitals.
Cash prices at 24 facilities across 17 cities for code 76882, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 23, 2026 and Jul 22, 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Rose Hospital one side lowest Hayward, CA · (510) 782-6200 US EXTREMITY NONVASC LT File of Feb 23, 2026 · source file | $116.36 | $387.87 | $13.57–$329.69 | 70% |
| St. Rose Hospital Hayward, CA · (510) 782-6200 USNONVASCULARLIMITED File of Feb 23, 2026 · source file | $241.61 | $805.35 | $13.57–$684.55 | 70% |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA · (925) 847-3000 US, Extremity, Nonvasc - Limited File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $454.00 | $1,135.00 | — | 60% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 US LMTD JT/FCL EVAL NONVASC XTR STRUX R-T W/IMG File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,370.00 | $142.00–$445.00 | 44% |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne one side Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE RT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital one side San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus one side San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| Mills-Peninsula Medical Center one side Burlingame, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| Chinese Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 677-2480 Limited ultrasound scan of joint or other extremity structure except blood vessels File of Jul 22, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | $37.65–$1,524.60 | — |
| Novato Community Hospital one side Novato, CA · (415) 209-1300 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| Mills Health Center one side San Mateo, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center one side Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| Eden Medical Center one side Castro Valley, CA · (510) 537-1234 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp one side Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus one side Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
| Sutter Delta Medical Center one side Antioch, CA · (925) 779-7200 HCHG US LIMITED JOINT/FCL EVL REAL TIME W/IMAGE LT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $847.00 | $847.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $116.36, median $807.10, highest $847.00 — a 7.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 23 facilities here, median $767.20. 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 12 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.