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Liver stiffness scan (elastography) without imaging

CPT 91200the billing code this page is about

A handheld probe on the skin sends a vibration pulse through the liver to measure its stiffness, used to gauge scarring, and includes interpretation and a written report.

Hospitals typically charge $225 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 882 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $246. Most fall between $112 and $467 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
882
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 882 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
$48$137$225$411$555

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($48 vs $555).

How the prices are spread

$30 – $42: 33 hospitals$30$42 – $60: 30 hospitals$60 – $84: 25 hospitals$60$84 – $119: 51 hospitals$119 – $168: 129 hospitals$119$168 – $237: 137 hospitals$237 – $335: 162 hospitals$237$335 – $473: 101 hospitals$473 – $668: 107 hospitals$473$668 – $943: 26 hospitals$668median $225price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (801 of 882 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$30$4233
$42$6030
$60$8425
$84$11951
$119$168129
$168$237137
$237$335162
$335$473101
$473$668107
$668$94326

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$131
Median cash price$225
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.71×

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 $225.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $176 across 12 hospitalsWA$176Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $127 across 24 hospitalsMN$127Illinois: median $242 across 49 hospitalsIL$242Wisconsin: median $114 across 37 hospitalsWI$114Michigan: median $221 across 18 hospitalsMI$221New York: median $185 across 40 hospitalsNY$185Massachusetts: median $408 across 24 hospitalsMA$408Oregon: median $56 across 15 hospitalsOR$56Nevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $151 across 18 hospitalsIA$151Indiana: median $141 across 31 hospitalsIN$141Ohio: median $287 across 56 hospitalsOH$287Pennsylvania: median $183 across 31 hospitalsPA$183New Jersey: median $166 across 30 hospitalsNJ$166Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $487 across 48 hospitalsCA$487Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,596 across 19 hospitalsCO$3,596Nebraska: median $151 across 11 hospitalsNE$151Missouri: median $166 across 13 hospitalsMO$166Kentucky: median $280 across 24 hospitalsKY$280West Virginia: median $148 across 16 hospitalsWV$148Virginia: median $175 across 10 hospitalsVA$175Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $158 across 11 hospitalsAZ$158New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $92 across 18 hospitalsTN$92North Carolina: median $225 across 29 hospitalsNC$225South Carolina: median $243 across 16 hospitalsSC$243Oklahoma: median $28 across 16 hospitalsOK$28Louisiana: median $176 across 19 hospitalsLA$176Mississippi: median $88 across 12 hospitalsMS$88Alabama: median $261 across 13 hospitalsAL$261Georgia: median $258 across 36 hospitalsGA$258Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $292 across 78 hospitalsTX$292Florida: median $269 across 38 hospitalsFL$269
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $225. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO19$3,596+1498%$97 – $9,986
California CA48$487+117%$406 – $955
Massachusetts MA24$408+81%$48 – $512
Texas TX78$292+30%$128 – $437
Ohio OH56$287+28%$204 – $553
Kentucky KY24$280+25%$138 – $943
Florida FL38$269+19%$240 – $539
Alabama AL13$261+16%$109 – $282
Georgia GA36$258+15%$160 – $443
South Carolina SC16$243+8%$201 – $298
Illinois IL49$242+8%$59 – $428
North Carolina NC29$2250%$170 – $548
Michigan MI18$221−2%$177 – $466
New York NY40$185−18%$131 – $385
Pennsylvania PA31$183−18%$148 – $467
Louisiana LA19$176−22%$70 – $286
Washington WA12$176−22%$126 – $328
Virginia VA10$175−22%$98 – $304
New Jersey NJ30$166−26%$121 – $184
Missouri MO13$166−26%$140 – $243
Arizona AZ11$158−30%$148 – $224
Iowa IA18$151−33%$32 – $386
Nebraska NE11$151−33%$57 – $281
West Virginia WV16$148−34%$123 – $191
Indiana IN31$141−37%$99 – $278
Minnesota MN24$127−44%$108 – $182
Wisconsin WI37$114−49%$74 – $260
Tennessee TN18$92−59%$17 – $212
Mississippi MS12$88−61%$45 – $172
Oregon OR15$56−75%$19 – $411
Oklahoma OK16$28−88%$28 – $181
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $225.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care746$238$126 – $475
Children’s26$341$163 – $553
Critical access106$169$54 – $331
Ownership
For-profit75$240$130 – $553
Government128$212$128 – $503
Non-profit675$232$108 – $466
System affiliation
Part of a system783$242$125 – $472
Independent99$176$59 – $411

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$461
Median cash price$225
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

626 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $269 and the average of the middle 60% is $285; most fall between $128 and $487.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 626 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
$48$151$269$467$572

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($48 vs $572).

Of the 655 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 626 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

882 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 929 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted882
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here25
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded21
Hospitals that filed this code929

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other gastrointestinal diagnostic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Liver Elastography W/O Imag W/I&R|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, “Liver stiffness scan (elastography) without imaging (CPT 91200) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-91200-liver-stiffness-scan-elastography-without-imaging