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Ultrasound guidance for placental tissue sampling

CPT 76945the billing code this page is about

Ultrasound imaging used to guide the instrument during chorionic villus sampling, a prenatal test that takes a small sample of placental tissue; billed separately from the sampling.

Hospitals typically charge $363 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 645 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $386. Most fall between $113 and $694 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
645
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 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 645 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
$72$140$363$636$953

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($72 vs $953).

How the prices are spread

$53 – $73: 42 hospitals$53$73 – $100: 44 hospitals$100 – $136: 31 hospitals$100$136 – $187: 49 hospitals$187 – $255: 36 hospitals$187$255 – $350: 62 hospitals$350 – $478: 98 hospitals$350$478 – $655: 103 hospitals$655 – $896: 73 hospitals$655$896 – $1,226: 44 hospitals$896median $363price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (582 of 645 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$53$7342
$73$10044
$100$13631
$136$18749
$187$25536
$255$35062
$350$47898
$478$655103
$655$89673
$896$1,22644

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $363.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $437 across 10 hospitalsWA$437Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $476 across 20 hospitalsMN$476Illinois: median $936 across 23 hospitalsIL$936Wisconsin: median $582 across 28 hospitalsWI$582Michigan: median $468 across 20 hospitalsMI$468New York: median $182 across 33 hospitalsNY$182Massachusetts: median $547 across 14 hospitalsMA$547Oregon: median $405 across 12 hospitalsOR$405Nevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $72 across 15 hospitalsIA$72Indiana: median $162 across 17 hospitalsIN$162Ohio: median $575 across 49 hospitalsOH$575Pennsylvania: median $334 across 39 hospitalsPA$334New Jersey: median $263 across 30 hospitalsNJ$263Connecticut: median $257 across 12 hospitalsCT$257Rhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $610 across 57 hospitalsCA$610Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $445 across 14 hospitalsMO$445Kentucky: median $513 across 16 hospitalsKY$513West Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $316 across 13 hospitalsVA$316Maryland: median $124 across 16 hospitalsMD$124Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $363 across 19 hospitalsNC$363South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $101 across 12 hospitalsLA$101Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $140 across 16 hospitalsGA$140Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $458 across 47 hospitalsTX$458Florida: median $194 across 27 hospitalsFL$194
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $363. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Illinois IL23$936+158%$406 – $963
California CA57$610+68%$334 – $610
Wisconsin WI28$582+60%$370 – $750
Ohio OH49$575+58%$155 – $750
Massachusetts MA14$547+51%$207 – $914
Kentucky KY16$513+41%$202 – $734
Minnesota MN20$476+31%$455 – $609
Michigan MI20$468+29%$45 – $560
Texas TX47$458+26%$299 – $702
Missouri MO14$445+23%$290 – $490
Washington WA10$437+20%$237 – $599
Oregon OR12$405+12%$57 – $643
North Carolina NC19$3630%$126 – $363
Pennsylvania PA39$334−8%$38 – $842
Virginia VA13$316−13%$316 – $953
New Jersey NJ30$263−27%$113 – $1,162
Connecticut CT12$257−29%$69 – $806
Florida FL27$194−46%$76 – $536
New York NY33$182−50%$82 – $494
Indiana IN17$162−55%$122 – $602
Georgia GA16$140−62%$140 – $895
Maryland MD16$124−66%$68 – $140
Louisiana LA12$101−72%$67 – $242
Iowa IA15$72−80%$72 – $72
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $363.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care569$359$113 – $694
Children’s20$599$268 – $814
Critical access51$405$122 – $675
Ownership
For-profit41$694$227 – $1,213
Government71$363$140 – $513
Non-profit528$359$110 – $678
System affiliation
Part of a system583$365$122 – $694
Independent62$245$89 – $604

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$605
Median cash price$363
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

476 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $405 and the average of the middle 60% is $419; most fall between $140 and $688.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 476 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
$76$188$405$636$895

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($76 vs $895).

Of the 535 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 476 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 18 a list price only.

How complete is this

645 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (16%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 765 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted645
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here54
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 — excluded66
Hospitals that filed this code765

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Guidance Chorionic Villus Sampling Img S&I|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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Ultrasound guidance for placental tissue sampling (CPT 76945) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-76945-ultrasound-guidance-for-placental-tissue-sampling