Carotid ultrasound cost without insurance

Cash or insurance?

If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you pay the rate your plan negotiated with the hospital, not the cash price. Hospital price files list those rates too: for carotid ultrasound, the highest negotiated rate in a hospital's file has a median of $1,381.50 and the lowest a median of $226.59. At 844 of 1,251 hospitals that publish both, the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate.

With a high deductible, cash can cost less. But a cash payment may not count toward your deductible or out-of-pocket maximum: ask your plan for its rate at that hospital (most have a cost estimator) and whether it will credit a cash payment.