Scans and imaging CPT 93880 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Carotid ultrasound cost in Osage Beach, MO — inpatient

In Osage Beach, MO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for carotid artery ultrasound (duplex), both sides of the neck as an inpatient: from $520.80 to $520.80, with a median of $520.80. Across Missouri, the median is $832.00 at 25 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 93880, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 2, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$520.80Lake Regional Health System
Median$520.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$520.80in this market
Difference1.0×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 Osage Beach, MO.

median
Lowest $520.80Highest $520.80
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Lake Regional Health System lowest Osage Beach, MO · (573) 348-8000 Carotid duplex arterial study File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $520.80 $1,736.00 $216.36–$1,194.37 70%
Lake Regional Health System both sides Osage Beach, MO · (573) 348-8000 Extracranial bilat study File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file $520.80 $1,736.00 $216.36–$1,194.37 70%
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.

Inpatient: lowest $520.80, median $520.80, highest $520.80.

Both sides : lowest $520.80, median $520.80, highest $520.80.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $520.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.