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Prostate volume measurement by rectal ultrasound

CPT 76873the billing code this page is about

Rectal ultrasound study that maps and measures prostate volume, used for radiation seed treatment planning.

Hospitals typically charge $455 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,200 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $472. Most fall between $188 and $911 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,200
States
49
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – 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 1,200 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
$124$238$455$763$1,521

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($124 vs $1,521).

How the prices are spread

$98 – $132: 97 hospitals$98$132 – $179: 73 hospitals$179 – $242: 77 hospitals$179$242 – $326: 118 hospitals$326 – $441: 154 hospitals$326$441 – $596: 192 hospitals$596 – $804: 146 hospitals$596$804 – $1,087: 103 hospitals$1,087 – $1,468: 52 hospitals$1,087$1,468 – $1,983: 73 hospitals$1,468median $455price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,085 of 1,200 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$98$13297
$132$17973
$179$24277
$242$326118
$326$441154
$441$596192
$596$804146
$804$1,087103
$1,087$1,46852
$1,468$1,98373

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$455
Cash as a multiple of Medicare4.3×

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 $455.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $374 across 30 hospitalsWA$374Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $281 across 10 hospitalsMN$281Illinois: median $796 across 43 hospitalsIL$796Wisconsin: median $482 across 28 hospitalsWI$482Michigan: median $338 across 36 hospitalsMI$338New York: median $385 across 72 hospitalsNY$385Massachusetts: median $555 across 24 hospitalsMA$555Oregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $243 across 21 hospitalsIA$243Indiana: median $173 across 25 hospitalsIN$173Ohio: median $477 across 65 hospitalsOH$477Pennsylvania: median $330 across 72 hospitalsPA$330New Jersey: median $125 across 37 hospitalsNJ$125Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $694 across 92 hospitalsCA$694Utah: median $701 across 16 hospitalsUT$701Colorado: median $664 across 32 hospitalsCO$664Nebraska: median $307 across 14 hospitalsNE$307Missouri: median $605 across 21 hospitalsMO$605Kentucky: median $342 across 19 hospitalsKY$342West Virginia: median $301 across 10 hospitalsWV$301Virginia: median $373 across 28 hospitalsVA$373Maryland: median $739 across 17 hospitalsMD$739Delaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $276 across 32 hospitalsAZ$276New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $407 across 12 hospitalsKS$407Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $254 across 32 hospitalsTN$254North Carolina: median $406 across 35 hospitalsNC$406South Carolina: median $249 across 20 hospitalsSC$249Oklahoma: median $193 across 17 hospitalsOK$193Louisiana: median $242 across 22 hospitalsLA$242Mississippi: median $184 across 20 hospitalsMS$184Alabama: median $211 across 10 hospitalsAL$211Georgia: median $510 across 54 hospitalsGA$510Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $513 across 74 hospitalsTX$513Florida: median $1,345 across 81 hospitalsFL$1,345
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $455. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL81$1,345+195%$389 – $1,964
Illinois IL43$796+75%$273 – $2,105
Maryland MD17$739+62%$475 – $970
Utah UT16$701+54%$383 – $701
California CA92$694+52%$366 – $1,082
Colorado CO32$664+46%$313 – $1,843
Missouri MO21$605+33%$335 – $860
Massachusetts MA24$555+22%$214 – $960
Texas TX74$513+13%$431 – $645
Georgia GA54$510+12%$263 – $1,041
Wisconsin WI28$482+6%$353 – $670
Ohio OH65$477+5%$224 – $965
Kansas KS12$407−11%$98 – $1,324
North Carolina NC35$406−11%$259 – $663
New York NY72$385−15%$127 – $835
Washington WA30$374−18%$319 – $536
Virginia VA28$373−18%$274 – $581
Kentucky KY19$342−25%$192 – $895
Michigan MI36$338−26%$238 – $823
Pennsylvania PA72$330−27%$119 – $791
Nebraska NE14$307−32%$287 – $527
West Virginia WV10$301−34%$157 – $370
Minnesota MN10$281−38%$228 – $383
Arizona AZ32$276−39%$144 – $1,718
Tennessee TN32$254−44%$131 – $386
South Carolina SC20$249−45%$173 – $508
Iowa IA21$243−47%$162 – $908
Louisiana LA22$242−47%$140 – $422
Alabama AL10$211−54%$93 – $488
Oklahoma OK17$193−58%$141 – $818
Mississippi MS20$184−60%$104 – $274
Indiana IN25$173−62%$107 – $603
New Jersey NJ37$125−73%$116 – $140
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $455.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,079$459$192 – $915
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access106$441$162 – $763
Ownership
For-profit146$464$238 – $1,798
Government145$402$180 – $697
Non-profit904$459$178 – $877
System affiliation
Part of a system1,073$459$188 – $915
Independent127$431$188 – $825

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$823
Median cash price$455
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

871 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $488 and the average of the middle 60% is $519; most fall between $254 and $915.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 871 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
$162$278$488$804$1,517

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($162 vs $1,517).

Of the 948 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 871 gave a usable cash price; 50 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 27 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,200 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (30%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,314 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,200
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here81
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 — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code1,314

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 Transrct Prstate Vol Brachytx Plnning Spx|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, “Prostate volume measurement by rectal ultrasound (CPT 76873) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-76873-prostate-volume-measurement-by-rectal-ultrasound