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

Ultrasound of the prostate using a rectal probe

CPT 76872the billing code this page is about

Ultrasound of the prostate and nearby structures performed with a probe placed in the rectum.

Hospitals typically charge $442 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,220 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $470. Most fall between $190 and $887 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,220
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 2,220 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
$122$232$442$750$1,233

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($122 vs $1,233).

How the prices are spread

$97 – $130: 153 hospitals$97$130 – $174: 139 hospitals$174 – $233: 154 hospitals$174$233 – $312: 187 hospitals$312 – $418: 260 hospitals$312$418 – $559: 359 hospitals$559 – $749: 284 hospitals$559$749 – $1,003: 210 hospitals$1,003 – $1,343: 181 hospitals$1,003$1,343 – $1,798: 72 hospitals$1,343median $442price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,999 of 2,220 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$97$130153
$130$174139
$174$233154
$233$312187
$312$418260
$418$559359
$559$749284
$749$1,003210
$1,003$1,343181
$1,343$1,79872

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$442
Cash as a multiple of Medicare4.1×

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 $442.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $180 across 22 hospitalsME$180Vermont: median $399 across 10 hospitalsVT$399New Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $348 across 46 hospitalsWA$348Idaho: median $441 across 10 hospitalsID$441Montana: median $441 across 11 hospitalsMT$441North Dakota: median $389 across 19 hospitalsND$389Minnesota: median $282 across 52 hospitalsMN$282Illinois: median $614 across 92 hospitalsIL$614Wisconsin: median $360 across 84 hospitalsWI$360Michigan: median $403 across 74 hospitalsMI$403New York: median $301 across 99 hospitalsNY$301Massachusetts: median $483 across 39 hospitalsMA$483Oregon: median $336 across 30 hospitalsOR$336Nevada: median $389 across 13 hospitalsNV$389Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $487 across 16 hospitalsSD$487Iowa: median $410 across 50 hospitalsIA$410Indiana: median $335 across 65 hospitalsIN$335Ohio: median $600 across 113 hospitalsOH$600Pennsylvania: median $350 across 95 hospitalsPA$350New Jersey: median $141 across 52 hospitalsNJ$141Connecticut: median $260 across 14 hospitalsCT$260Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $681 across 163 hospitalsCA$681Utah: median $572 across 20 hospitalsUT$572Colorado: median $492 across 35 hospitalsCO$492Nebraska: median $451 across 47 hospitalsNE$451Missouri: median $477 across 45 hospitalsMO$477Kentucky: median $905 across 45 hospitalsKY$905West Virginia: median $245 across 26 hospitalsWV$245Virginia: median $626 across 38 hospitalsVA$626Maryland: median $544 across 28 hospitalsMD$544Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $224 across 36 hospitalsAZ$224New Mexico: median $419 across 17 hospitalsNM$419Kansas: median $399 across 41 hospitalsKS$399Arkansas: median $222 across 14 hospitalsAR$222Tennessee: median $233 across 56 hospitalsTN$233North Carolina: median $476 across 56 hospitalsNC$476South Carolina: median $631 across 28 hospitalsSC$631Oklahoma: median $295 across 27 hospitalsOK$295Louisiana: median $249 across 40 hospitalsLA$249Mississippi: median $194 across 30 hospitalsMS$194Alabama: median $270 across 23 hospitalsAL$270Georgia: median $581 across 64 hospitalsGA$581Hawaii: median $325 across 12 hospitalsHI$325Texas: median $557 across 159 hospitalsTX$557Florida: median $1,168 across 127 hospitalsFL$1,168
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $442. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL127$1,168+164%$597 – $2,413
Kentucky KY45$905+104%$322 – $1,485
California CA163$681+54%$312 – $1,088
South Carolina SC28$631+43%$229 – $1,042
Virginia VA38$626+41%$254 – $662
Illinois IL92$614+39%$313 – $1,058
Ohio OH113$600+36%$420 – $936
Georgia GA64$581+31%$139 – $1,119
Utah UT20$572+29%$344 – $572
Texas TX159$557+26%$337 – $1,122
Maryland MD28$544+23%$359 – $717
Colorado CO35$492+11%$301 – $767
South Dakota SD16$487+10%$430 – $777
Massachusetts MA39$483+9%$285 – $932
Missouri MO45$477+8%$229 – $651
North Carolina NC56$476+8%$232 – $701
Nebraska NE47$451+2%$215 – $684
Idaho ID10$4410%$278 – $441
Montana MT11$4410%$273 – $532
New Mexico NM17$419−5%$301 – $508
Iowa IA50$410−7%$100 – $621
Michigan MI74$403−9%$182 – $886
Kansas KS41$399−10%$140 – $1,324
Vermont VT10$399−10%$178 – $666
North Dakota ND19$389−12%$231 – $628
Nevada NV13$389−12%$198 – $1,190
Wisconsin WI84$360−19%$204 – $790
Pennsylvania PA95$350−21%$124 – $1,050
Washington WA46$348−21%$242 – $421
Oregon OR30$336−24%$86 – $495
Indiana IN65$335−24%$106 – $543
Hawaii HI12$325−27%$262 – $691
New York NY99$301−32%$126 – $521
Oklahoma OK27$295−33%$284 – $502
Minnesota MN52$282−36%$158 – $601
Alabama AL23$270−39%$156 – $694
Connecticut CT14$260−41%$163 – $627
Louisiana LA40$249−44%$126 – $595
West Virginia WV26$245−45%$146 – $403
Tennessee TN56$233−47%$171 – $427
Arizona AZ36$224−49%$128 – $980
Arkansas AR14$222−50%$121 – $351
Mississippi MS30$194−56%$102 – $337
Maine ME22$180−59%$119 – $688
New Jersey NJ52$141−68%$120 – $505
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not 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 $442.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,743$463$190 – $955
Children’s24$741$348 – $1,515
Critical access444$390$185 – $682
Ownership
For-profit298$639$270 – $1,986
Government329$337$157 – $711
Non-profit1,584$442$187 – $812
System affiliation
Part of a system1,872$460$204 – $936
Independent348$342$159 – $713

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$759
Median cash price$442
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

1,537 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $479 and the average of the middle 60% is $504; most fall between $226 and $886.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,537 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
$135$280$479$755$1,168

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($135 vs $1,168).

Of the 1,710 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,537 gave a usable cash price; 96 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 77 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,220 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (56%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,464 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,220
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here163
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded78
Hospitals that filed this code2,464

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 Transrectal|PROFESSIONAL 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, “Ultrasound of the prostate using a rectal probe (CPT 76872) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-76872-ultrasound-of-the-prostate-using-a-rectal-probe