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Procedure price report · Diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of head and neck

Complete ultrasound of arteries inside the head

CPT 93886the billing code this page is about

A complete transcranial Doppler study that measures blood flow through the major arteries inside the skull.

Hospitals typically charge $687 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,576 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $742. Most fall between $318 and $1,337 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,576
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 1,576 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
$238$351$687$1,195$2,049

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($238 vs $2,049).

How the prices are spread

$123 – $168: 22 hospitals$123$168 – $229: 47 hospitals$229 – $313: 157 hospitals$229$313 – $427: 163 hospitals$427 – $582: 192 hospitals$427$582 – $794: 208 hospitals$794 – $1,082: 227 hospitals$794$1,082 – $1,476: 221 hospitals$1,476 – $2,013: 98 hospitals$1,476$2,013 – $2,745: 85 hospitals$2,013median $687price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,420 of 1,576 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$123$16822
$168$22947
$229$313157
$313$427163
$427$582192
$582$794208
$794$1,082227
$1,082$1,476221
$1,476$2,01398
$2,013$2,74585

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$244
Median cash price$687
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.8×

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 $687.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $596 across 39 hospitalsWA$596Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $529 across 29 hospitalsMN$529Illinois: median $735 across 49 hospitalsIL$735Wisconsin: median $985 across 48 hospitalsWI$985Michigan: median $421 across 59 hospitalsMI$421New York: median $425 across 51 hospitalsNY$425Massachusetts: median $823 across 18 hospitalsMA$823Oregon: median $986 across 24 hospitalsOR$986Nevada: median $259 across 12 hospitalsNV$259Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $111 across 14 hospitalsIA$111Indiana: median $1,116 across 46 hospitalsIN$1,116Ohio: median $816 across 78 hospitalsOH$816Pennsylvania: median $481 across 62 hospitalsPA$481New Jersey: median $309 across 48 hospitalsNJ$309Connecticut: median $530 across 12 hospitalsCT$530Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,077 across 147 hospitalsCA$1,077Utah: median $920 across 27 hospitalsUT$920Colorado: median $551 across 30 hospitalsCO$551Nebraska: median $585 across 20 hospitalsNE$585Missouri: median $878 across 22 hospitalsMO$878Kentucky: median $694 across 18 hospitalsKY$694West Virginia: median $465 across 11 hospitalsWV$465Virginia: median $882 across 39 hospitalsVA$882Maryland: median $2,284 across 21 hospitalsMD$2,284Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $411 across 33 hospitalsAZ$411New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $318 across 32 hospitalsTN$318North Carolina: median $507 across 43 hospitalsNC$507South Carolina: median $618 across 38 hospitalsSC$618Oklahoma: median $325 across 28 hospitalsOK$325Louisiana: median $371 across 26 hospitalsLA$371Mississippi: median $309 across 23 hospitalsMS$309Alabama: median $494 across 19 hospitalsAL$494Georgia: median $686 across 58 hospitalsGA$686Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,122 across 145 hospitalsTX$1,122Florida: median $1,022 across 115 hospitalsFL$1,022
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $687. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD21$2,284+232%$1,627 – $2,960
Texas TX145$1,122+63%$550 – $1,400
Indiana IN46$1,116+62%$316 – $1,281
California CA147$1,077+57%$478 – $2,047
Florida FL115$1,022+49%$591 – $2,101
Oregon OR24$986+43%$605 – $1,531
Wisconsin WI48$985+43%$320 – $1,128
Utah UT27$920+34%$920 – $1,082
Virginia VA39$882+28%$318 – $986
Missouri MO22$878+28%$371 – $989
Massachusetts MA18$823+20%$431 – $1,405
Ohio OH78$816+19%$577 – $1,262
Illinois IL49$735+7%$358 – $1,768
Kentucky KY18$694+1%$370 – $1,813
Georgia GA58$6860%$502 – $1,973
South Carolina SC38$618−10%$580 – $878
Washington WA39$596−13%$476 – $1,075
Nebraska NE20$585−15%$336 – $743
Colorado CO30$551−20%$406 – $1,230
Connecticut CT12$530−23%$472 – $803
Minnesota MN29$529−23%$446 – $891
North Carolina NC43$507−26%$270 – $795
Alabama AL19$494−28%$260 – $765
Pennsylvania PA62$481−30%$282 – $2,354
West Virginia WV11$465−32%$274 – $718
New York NY51$425−38%$286 – $1,459
Michigan MI59$421−39%$55 – $1,321
Arizona AZ33$411−40%$260 – $604
Louisiana LA26$371−46%$242 – $676
Oklahoma OK28$325−53%$208 – $391
Tennessee TN32$318−54%$266 – $524
Mississippi MS23$309−55%$247 – $479
New Jersey NJ48$309−55%$264 – $809
Nevada NV12$259−62%$221 – $1,305
Iowa IA14$111−84%$111 – $1,177
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $687.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,377$687$318 – $1,337
Children’s51$1,305$527 – $1,972
Critical access140$657$309 – $1,128
Ownership
For-profit220$1,046$406 – $2,535
Government181$605$275 – $1,155
Non-profit1,167$670$318 – $1,309
System affiliation
Part of a system1,413$702$321 – $1,373
Independent163$516$263 – $1,280

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,355
Median cash price$687
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

1,170 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $720 and the average of the middle 60% is $776; most fall between $337 and $1,309.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,170 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
$244$419$720$1,166$1,740

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($244 vs $1,740).

Of the 1,228 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,170 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,576 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (40%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,653 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,576
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
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 — excluded53
Hospitals that filed this code1,653

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 Diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Transcranial Doppler Stdy Intracranial Art Compl|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, “Complete ultrasound of arteries inside the head (CPT 93886) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93886-complete-ultrasound-of-arteries-inside-the-head