Scans and imaging CPT 93880 Outpatient

Carotid ultrasound cost in Dothan, AL

In Dothan, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for carotid artery ultrasound (duplex), both sides of the neck: from $234.44 to $419.28, with a median of $326.86. The lowest listed price is at Southeast Health Medical Center — $92.42 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $429.52 at 21 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 93880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$234.44Southeast Health Medical Center
Median$326.86half pay less
Highest$419.28in this market
Difference1.8×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 Dothan, AL.

median
Lowest $234.44Highest $452.85
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Southeast Health Medical Center lowest Dothan, AL · (334) 793-8701 ULTRASOUND OF BOTH SIDES OF HEAD AND NECK BLOOD FLOW $234.44 $586.09 $228.73–$423.15 60% —
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Flowers Hospital Dothan, AL · (334) 793-5000 US-CRAN DPLX SCN BIL $419.28 $2,795.21 $133.48–$2,515.69 85% Apr 1, 2026
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Flowers Hospital Dothan, AL · (334) 793-5000 US-CAROTID DPLX SCAN $452.85 $3,019.00 $133.48–$2,717.10 85% Apr 1, 2026
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Southeast Health Medical Center both sides Dothan, AL · (334) 793-8701 EXTRACRANIAL BILAT STUDY $241.47 $603.67 $228.73–$423.15 60% —
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Outpatient: lowest $234.44, median $326.86, highest $419.28 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.

Both sides : lowest $241.47, median $241.47, highest $241.47.

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 1 facility here, median $838.56. 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 carotid ultrasound uses sound waves and Doppler to look at the arteries in the neck that carry blood to the brain. It checks for narrowing or plaque and is ordered after a stroke or mini-stroke, for a bruit heard in the neck, or to follow known artery disease.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the complete study of both sides. The interpretation by a radiologist or vascular specialist is often billed separately.