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

Ultrasound guidance for egg retrieval

CPT 76948the billing code this page is about

Ultrasound imaging used to guide the needle while eggs are collected from the ovaries, such as during fertility treatment; billed separately from the retrieval procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $211 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 264 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $284. Most fall between $59 and $599 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
264
States
42
Filings dated
Mar 2025 – 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 264 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
$34$63$211$599$901

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 27× what the cheapest tenth charges ($34 vs $901).

How the prices are spread

$21 – $33: 13 hospitals$21$33 – $51: 10 hospitals$51 – $79: 50 hospitals$51$79 – $122: 22 hospitals$122 – $189: 17 hospitals$122$189 – $293: 21 hospitals$293 – $453: 23 hospitals$293$453 – $701: 62 hospitals$701 – $1,085: 10 hospitals$701$1,085 – $1,678: 10 hospitals$1,085median $211price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (238 of 264 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$21$3313
$33$5110
$51$7950
$79$12222
$122$18917
$189$29321
$293$45323
$453$70162
$701$1,08510
$1,085$1,67810

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $211.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 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 $100 across 12 hospitalsWA$100Idaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $649 across 15 hospitalsIL$649Wisconsin: median $439 across 13 hospitalsWI$439Michigan: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $175 across 13 hospitalsNY$175Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $59 across 14 hospitalsIA$59Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $626 across 16 hospitalsOH$626Pennsylvania: median $21 across 20 hospitalsPA$21New Jersey: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $599 across 25 hospitalsCA$599Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $76 across 24 hospitalsTX$76Florida: median $480 across 10 hospitalsFL$480
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $211. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Illinois IL15$649+207%$22 – $1,133
Ohio OH16$626+196%$141 – $626
California CA25$599+183%$358 – $599
Florida FL10$480+127%$168 – $480
Wisconsin WI13$439+108%$379 – $526
New York NY13$175−17%$79 – $450
Washington WA12$100−53%$91 – $214
Texas TX24$76−64%$63 – $1,661
Iowa IA14$59−72%$59 – $381
Pennsylvania PA20$21−90%$18 – $122
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $211.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care234$211$57 – $599
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access24$274$63 – $1,661
Ownership
For-profit30$649$63 – $2,383
Government29$326$113 – $512
Non-profit205$168$57 – $599
System affiliation
Part of a system237$224$59 – $599
Independent27$178$39 – $334

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$330
Median cash price$211
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

208 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $287 and the average of the middle 60% is $324; most fall between $63 and $599.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 208 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
$53$76$287$599$754

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($53 vs $754).

Of the 248 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 208 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

264 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 320 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted264
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
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 — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code320

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 23, 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 Aspiration Ova Img S&I|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.

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

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Ultrasound guidance for egg retrieval (CPT 76948) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-76948-ultrasound-guidance-for-egg-retrieval