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Procedure price report · Diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of abdomen or retroperitoneum

Complete ultrasound of the area behind the abdomen

CPT 76770the billing code this page is about

Ultrasound examination of the retroperitoneum, including the kidneys, the large abdominal blood vessels, and surrounding structures as a full study.

Hospitals typically charge $569 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,308 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $593. Most fall between $288 and $980 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,308
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,308 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$187$351$569$870$1,474

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($187 vs $1,474).

How the prices are spread

$124 – $166: 110 hospitals$124$166 – $221: 152 hospitals$221 – $295: 264 hospitals$221$295 – $393: 280 hospitals$393 – $525: 505 hospitals$393$525 – $700: 559 hospitals$700 – $934: 560 hospitals$700$934 – $1,246: 280 hospitals$1,246 – $1,662: 159 hospitals$1,246$1,662 – $2,218: 109 hospitals$1,662median $569price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,978 of 3,308 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$124$166110
$166$221152
$221$295264
$295$393280
$393$525505
$525$700559
$700$934560
$934$1,246280
$1,246$1,662159
$1,662$2,218109

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$569
Cash as a multiple of Medicare5.3×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $569.

Alaska: median $1,006 across 17 hospitalsAK$1,006Maine: median $367 across 25 hospitalsME$367Vermont: median $723 across 12 hospitalsVT$723New Hampshire: median $555 across 21 hospitalsNH$555Washington: median $580 across 69 hospitalsWA$580Idaho: median $441 across 22 hospitalsID$441Montana: median $483 across 16 hospitalsMT$483North Dakota: median $465 across 34 hospitalsND$465Minnesota: median $429 across 99 hospitalsMN$429Illinois: median $822 across 124 hospitalsIL$822Wisconsin: median $549 across 109 hospitalsWI$549Michigan: median $589 across 86 hospitalsMI$589New York: median $295 across 114 hospitalsNY$295Massachusetts: median $596 across 52 hospitalsMA$596Oregon: median $523 across 44 hospitalsOR$523Nevada: median $735 across 19 hospitalsNV$735Wyoming: median $750 across 13 hospitalsWY$750South Dakota: median $1,033 across 41 hospitalsSD$1,033Iowa: median $604 across 88 hospitalsIA$604Indiana: median $478 across 95 hospitalsIN$478Ohio: median $674 across 139 hospitalsOH$674Pennsylvania: median $618 across 114 hospitalsPA$618New Jersey: median $187 across 58 hospitalsNJ$187Connecticut: median $351 across 22 hospitalsCT$351Rhode Island: median $385 across 10 hospitalsRI$385California: median $848 across 216 hospitalsCA$848Utah: median $585 across 42 hospitalsUT$585Colorado: median $638 across 65 hospitalsCO$638Nebraska: median $787 across 81 hospitalsNE$787Missouri: median $557 across 76 hospitalsMO$557Kentucky: median $581 across 61 hospitalsKY$581West Virginia: median $446 across 37 hospitalsWV$446Virginia: median $608 across 70 hospitalsVA$608Maryland: median $683 across 40 hospitalsMD$683Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $449 across 53 hospitalsAZ$449New Mexico: median $509 across 30 hospitalsNM$509Kansas: median $412 across 86 hospitalsKS$412Arkansas: median $278 across 25 hospitalsAR$278Tennessee: median $244 across 78 hospitalsTN$244North Carolina: median $557 across 94 hospitalsNC$557South Carolina: median $721 across 53 hospitalsSC$721Oklahoma: median $455 across 68 hospitalsOK$455Louisiana: median $297 across 55 hospitalsLA$297Mississippi: median $268 across 50 hospitalsMS$268Alabama: median $380 across 42 hospitalsAL$380Georgia: median $500 across 105 hospitalsGA$500Hawaii: median $491 across 18 hospitalsHI$491Texas: median $708 across 241 hospitalsTX$708Florida: median $1,183 across 173 hospitalsFL$1,183
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $569. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL173$1,183+108%$547 – $3,613
South Dakota SD41$1,033+82%$881 – $1,562
Alaska AK17$1,006+77%$397 – $1,181
California CA216$848+49%$381 – $1,550
Illinois IL124$822+45%$443 – $1,474
Nebraska NE81$787+38%$503 – $955
Wyoming WY13$750+32%$526 – $946
Nevada NV19$735+29%$417 – $1,026
Vermont VT12$723+27%$654 – $1,251
South Carolina SC53$721+27%$334 – $1,140
Texas TX241$708+25%$369 – $1,682
Maryland MD40$683+20%$469 – $885
Ohio OH139$674+19%$454 – $973
Colorado CO65$638+12%$405 – $854
Pennsylvania PA114$618+9%$170 – $1,300
Virginia VA70$608+7%$363 – $1,334
Iowa IA88$604+6%$483 – $734
Massachusetts MA52$596+5%$356 – $978
Michigan MI86$589+4%$286 – $815
Utah UT42$585+3%$557 – $738
Kentucky KY61$581+2%$427 – $898
Washington WA69$580+2%$338 – $833
North Carolina NC94$557−2%$337 – $737
Missouri MO76$557−2%$266 – $857
New Hampshire NH21$555−2%$455 – $876
Wisconsin WI109$549−3%$333 – $780
Oregon OR44$523−8%$334 – $704
New Mexico NM30$509−10%$361 – $819
Georgia GA105$500−12%$237 – $1,090
Hawaii HI18$491−14%$428 – $687
Montana MT16$483−15%$372 – $624
Indiana IN95$478−16%$283 – $699
North Dakota ND34$465−18%$363 – $603
Oklahoma OK68$455−20%$288 – $657
Arizona AZ53$449−21%$234 – $1,810
West Virginia WV37$446−22%$327 – $601
Idaho ID22$441−22%$439 – $585
Minnesota MN99$429−25%$234 – $735
Kansas KS86$412−27%$255 – $676
Rhode Island RI10$385−32%$163 – $455
Alabama AL42$380−33%$212 – $701
Maine ME25$367−35%$166 – $756
Connecticut CT22$351−38%$253 – $627
Louisiana LA55$297−48%$152 – $533
New York NY114$295−48%$126 – $1,102
Arkansas AR25$278−51%$174 – $554
Mississippi MS50$268−53%$179 – $391
Tennessee TN78$244−57%$102 – $580
New Jersey NJ58$187−67%$125 – $571
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $569.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,335$571$278 – $1,092
Children’s66$733$490 – $1,160
Critical access897$552$330 – $825
Ownership
For-profit483$763$334 – $2,437
Government598$501$254 – $804
Non-profit2,217$570$292 – $921
System affiliation
Part of a system2,721$590$308 – $1,023
Independent587$489$249 – $831

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$946
Median cash price$569
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,299 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $592 and the average of the middle 60% is $620; most fall between $319 and $990.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,299 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$215$377$592$899$1,336

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($215 vs $1,336).

Of the 2,543 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,299 gave a usable cash price; 136 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 108 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,308 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (84%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,660 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,308
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here230
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded121
Hospitals that filed this code3,660

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of abdomen or retroperitoneum family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as US Retroperitoneal Real Time W/Image Complete.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Complete ultrasound of the area behind the abdomen (CPT 76770) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-76770-complete-ultrasound-of-the-area-behind-the-abdomen