Carotid ultrasound cost in Columbus, OH
In Columbus, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for carotid artery ultrasound (duplex), both sides of the neck: from $607.88 to $1,185.30, with a median of $896.59. The lowest listed price is at Morrow County Hospital — $288.71 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $724.80 at 31 hospitals.
- The median here, $896.59, is about the same as the US median of $884.70.
- That is 3.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($243.77).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 20 facilities across 14 cities for code 93880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 22, 2025 and Jul 31, 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 Columbus, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrow County Hospital lowest Mount Gilead, OH · (419) 946-5015 Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow File of Oct 22, 2025 · source file | $607.88 | $935.20 | $184.65–$907.14 | 35% |
| Fairfield Medical Center Lancaster, OH · (740) 687-8000 VL Carotid Duplex File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $1,185.30 | $2,634.00 | $207.06–$2,634.00 | 55% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's both sides Westerville, OH · (614) 546-4034 HC Scan Duplex Extracranial Arteries Complete Bilateral File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $663.00 | $1,020.00 | $202.25–$1,291.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin both sides Dublin, OH · (380) 898-9000 HC Scan Duplex Extracranial Arteries Complete Bilateral File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $663.00 | $1,020.00 | $202.25–$1,291.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel East both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 234-5000 HC Scan Duplex Extracranial Arteries Complete Bilateral File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $663.00 | $1,020.00 | $198.44–$1,291.00 | 35% |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center both sides Canal Winchester, OH · (614) 838-7911 HC Scan Duplex Extracranial Arteries Complete Bilateral File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $663.00 | $1,020.00 | $202.25–$1,112.78 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel Grove City both sides Grove City, OH HC Scan Duplex Extracranial Arteries Complete Bilateral File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $663.00 | $1,020.00 | $198.44–$1,291.00 | 35% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital both sides New Albany, OH · (614) 775-6600 HC Scan Duplex Extracranial Arteries Complete Bilateral File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $663.00 | $1,020.00 | $202.25–$1,291.00 | 35% |
| Grady Memorial Hospital both sides Delaware, OH · (740) 368-5145 Hc Duplex Scan Extracranial Arteries Bilat File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $802.75 | $1,235.00 | — | 35% |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital both sides Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Duplex Scan Extracranial Arteries Bilat File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $804.70 | $1,238.00 | — | 35% |
| Pickerington Methodist Hospital both sides Pickerington, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Duplex Scan Extracranial Arteries Bilat File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $804.70 | $1,238.00 | — | 35% |
| Grant Medical Center both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Duplex Scan Extracranial Arteries Bilat File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $804.70 | $1,238.00 | — | 35% |
| Grove City Methodist both sides Grove City, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Duplex Scan Extracranial Arteries Bilat File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $804.70 | $1,238.00 | — | 35% |
| Doctors Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Duplex Scan Extracranial Arteries Bilat File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $804.70 | $1,238.00 | — | 35% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Duplex Scan Extracranial Arteries Bilat File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $804.70 | $1,238.00 | — | 35% |
| Galion Community Hospital both sides Galion, OH · (419) 468-4841 HC DUPLEX EXTRACRANIAL ARTERIES COMPLETE BILATERAL File of Mar 20, 2026 · source file | $827.05 | $973.00 | $330.82–$895.16 | 15% |
| Berger Hospital both sides Circleville, OH · (740) 420-8008 Hc Duplex Scan Extracranial Arteries Bilat File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,005.55 | $1,547.00 | — | 35% |
| Licking Memorial Hospital both sides Newark, OH · (740) 348-4000 HC Duplex Scan Extracranial,Bilat - Carotid Ultrasound/Doppler File of Mar 16, 2026 · source file | $1,169.85 | $1,169.85 | $225.46–$1,169.85 | — |
| Fairfield Medical Center both sides Lancaster, OH · (740) 687-8000 US Carotid Duplex Bilateral File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $1,185.30 | $2,634.00 | $207.06–$2,634.00 | 55% |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 722-2000 EXTRACRANIAL ART, DUPLEX, COMP, BILAT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,557.00 | $1,730.00 | $1,124.50–$1,695.40 | 10% |
| Hocking Valley Community Hospital both sides Logan, OH · (740) 380-8000 HC Duplex Extracranial Arteries Complete Bilateral File of Jul 31, 2026 · source file | $2,023.82 | $2,023.82 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $607.88, median $896.59, highest $1,185.30 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $663.00, median $804.70, highest $2,023.82 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,185.30. 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 carotid ultrasound is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Carotid ultrasound explained.