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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Nuchal translucency ultrasound, first baby

CPT 76813the billing code this page is about

First-trimester ultrasound that measures the fluid at the back of the fetus's neck as part of risk screening; covers one fetus.

Hospitals typically charge $327 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,420 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $345. Most fall between $149 and $661 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,420
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – 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 1,420 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
$115$178$327$547$878

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($115 vs $878).

How the prices are spread

$94 – $122: 102 hospitals$94$122 – $157: 140 hospitals$157 – $202: 109 hospitals$157$202 – $261: 135 hospitals$261 – $336: 175 hospitals$261$336 – $434: 189 hospitals$434 – $560: 149 hospitals$434$560 – $722: 107 hospitals$722 – $931: 125 hospitals$722$931 – $1,200: 48 hospitals$931median $327price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,279 of 1,420 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$94$122102
$122$157140
$157$202109
$202$261135
$261$336175
$336$434189
$434$560149
$560$722107
$722$931125
$931$1,20048

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$327
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.1×

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 $327.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $344 across 47 hospitalsWA$344Idaho: median $277 across 14 hospitalsID$277Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $290 across 11 hospitalsND$290Minnesota: median $305 across 33 hospitalsMN$305Illinois: median $604 across 55 hospitalsIL$604Wisconsin: median $294 across 57 hospitalsWI$294Michigan: median $374 across 36 hospitalsMI$374New York: median $243 across 78 hospitalsNY$243Massachusetts: median $539 across 35 hospitalsMA$539Oregon: median $328 across 26 hospitalsOR$328Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $221 across 31 hospitalsIA$221Indiana: median $153 across 47 hospitalsIN$153Ohio: median $477 across 84 hospitalsOH$477Pennsylvania: median $335 across 67 hospitalsPA$335New Jersey: median $142 across 46 hospitalsNJ$142Connecticut: median $232 across 15 hospitalsCT$232Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $476 across 115 hospitalsCA$476Utah: median $894 across 25 hospitalsUT$894Colorado: median $404 across 40 hospitalsCO$404Nebraska: median $224 across 17 hospitalsNE$224Missouri: median $300 across 28 hospitalsMO$300Kentucky: median $427 across 25 hospitalsKY$427West Virginia: median $134 across 20 hospitalsWV$134Virginia: median $436 across 39 hospitalsVA$436Maryland: median $516 across 23 hospitalsMD$516Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $183 across 15 hospitalsAZ$183New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $246 across 12 hospitalsKS$246Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $126 across 15 hospitalsTN$126North Carolina: median $221 across 33 hospitalsNC$221South Carolina: median $379 across 19 hospitalsSC$379Oklahoma: median $210 across 18 hospitalsOK$210Louisiana: median $136 across 21 hospitalsLA$136Mississippi: median $109 across 11 hospitalsMS$109Alabama: median $169 across 15 hospitalsAL$169Georgia: median $149 across 44 hospitalsGA$149Hawaii: median $335 across 12 hospitalsHI$335Texas: median $354 across 64 hospitalsTX$354Florida: median $288 across 59 hospitalsFL$288
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $327. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT25$894+173%$894 – $1,052
Illinois IL55$604+85%$150 – $941
Massachusetts MA35$539+65%$280 – $776
Maryland MD23$516+58%$407 – $684
Ohio OH84$477+46%$203 – $660
California CA115$476+46%$221 – $762
Virginia VA39$436+33%$217 – $869
Kentucky KY25$427+31%$159 – $729
Colorado CO40$404+24%$232 – $664
South Carolina SC19$379+16%$194 – $682
Michigan MI36$374+14%$262 – $734
Texas TX64$354+8%$269 – $880
Washington WA47$344+5%$257 – $526
Hawaii HI12$335+3%$154 – $464
Pennsylvania PA67$335+2%$125 – $814
Oregon OR26$3280%$261 – $453
Minnesota MN33$305−7%$228 – $353
Missouri MO28$300−8%$153 – $415
Wisconsin WI57$294−10%$293 – $671
North Dakota ND11$290−11%$282 – $404
Florida FL59$288−12%$196 – $1,177
Idaho ID14$277−15%$216 – $441
Kansas KS12$246−25%$172 – $1,326
New York NY78$243−26%$126 – $401
Connecticut CT15$232−29%$217 – $405
Nebraska NE17$224−32%$150 – $379
North Carolina NC33$221−32%$179 – $459
Iowa IA31$221−32%$104 – $465
Oklahoma OK18$210−36%$105 – $281
Arizona AZ15$183−44%$150 – $193
Alabama AL15$169−48%$95 – $230
Indiana IN47$153−53%$93 – $332
Georgia GA44$149−54%$108 – $742
New Jersey NJ46$142−57%$121 – $210
Louisiana LA21$136−58%$88 – $242
West Virginia WV20$134−59%$63 – $297
Tennessee TN15$126−61%$126 – $190
Mississippi MS11$109−67%$84 – $145
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not 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 $327.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,170$331$148 – $671
Children’s26$530$287 – $788
Critical access220$294$165 – $498
Ownership
For-profit139$428$149 – $1,434
Government183$246$149 – $448
Non-profit1,094$335$150 – $649
System affiliation
Part of a system1,235$333$149 – $668
Independent185$300$153 – $530

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$553
Median cash price$327
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,027 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $346 and the average of the middle 60% is $366; most fall between $167 and $668.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,027 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
$119$198$346$596$843

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($119 vs $843).

Of the 1,142 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,027 gave a usable cash price; 83 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 32 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,420 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (36%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,586 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,420
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here125
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded41
Hospitals that filed this code1,586

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 September 4, 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 Other diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as US Fetal Nuchal Translucency 1st Gestation|TECHNICAL COMPONENT.

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, “Nuchal translucency ultrasound, first baby (CPT 76813) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-76813-nuchal-translucency-ultrasound-first-baby