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

Brain artery ultrasound for clot particles, no contrast

CPT 93892the billing code this page is about

A transcranial Doppler study that listens for tiny particles traveling through the arteries inside the skull, performed without injecting a microbubble contrast agent.

Hospitals typically charge $397 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 696 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $404. Most fall between $134 and $744 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
696
States
46
Filings dated
Aug 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 696 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
$114$180$397$614$1,271

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($114 vs $1,271).

How the prices are spread

$80 – $111: 23 hospitals$80$111 – $154: 106 hospitals$154 – $215: 41 hospitals$154$215 – $298: 75 hospitals$298 – $414: 83 hospitals$298$414 – $575: 102 hospitals$575 – $800: 104 hospitals$575$800 – $1,111: 37 hospitals$1,111 – $1,544: 43 hospitals$1,111$1,544 – $2,145: 15 hospitals$1,544median $397price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (629 of 696 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$80$11123
$111$154106
$154$21541
$215$29875
$298$41483
$414$575102
$575$800104
$800$1,11137
$1,111$1,54443
$1,544$2,14515

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$397
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.7×

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 $397.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $322 across 30 hospitalsWA$322Idaho: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $531 across 32 hospitalsIL$531Wisconsin: median $614 across 13 hospitalsWI$614Michigan: median $399 across 23 hospitalsMI$399New York: median $128 across 32 hospitalsNY$128Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $134 across 14 hospitalsIA$134Indiana: median $783 across 31 hospitalsIN$783Ohio: median $504 across 41 hospitalsOH$504Pennsylvania: median $151 across 43 hospitalsPA$151New Jersey: median $125 across 19 hospitalsNJ$125Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $510 across 90 hospitalsCA$510Utah: median $611 across 23 hospitalsUT$611Colorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMOKentucky: median $743 across 12 hospitalsKY$743West Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $131 across 12 hospitalsTN$131North Carolina: median $373 across 12 hospitalsNC$373South Carolina: median $520 across 22 hospitalsSC$520Oklahoma: median $114 across 13 hospitalsOK$114Louisiana: median $135 across 17 hospitalsLA$135Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $296 across 12 hospitalsGA$296Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $381 across 75 hospitalsTX$381Florida: median $258 across 32 hospitalsFL$258
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $397. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Indiana IN31$783+97%$580 – $2,145
Kentucky KY12$743+87%$272 – $743
Wisconsin WI13$614+55%$614 – $614
Utah UT23$611+54%$611 – $718
Illinois IL32$531+34%$109 – $835
South Carolina SC22$520+31%$315 – $520
California CA90$510+28%$408 – $2,335
Ohio OH41$504+27%$397 – $1,269
Michigan MI23$3990%$144 – $764
Texas TX75$381−4%$224 – $601
North Carolina NC12$373−6%$265 – $447
Washington WA30$322−19%$234 – $465
Georgia GA12$296−25%$280 – $296
Florida FL32$258−35%$205 – $356
Pennsylvania PA43$151−62%$44 – $287
Louisiana LA17$135−66%$100 – $181
Iowa IA14$134−66%$134 – $219
Tennessee TN12$131−67%$61 – $261
New York NY32$128−68%$126 – $425
New Jersey NJ19$125−68%$118 – $488
Oklahoma OK13$114−71%$114 – $114
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not 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
North Dakota ND1not 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 $397.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care630$388$134 – $744
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access56$538$199 – $614
Ownership
For-profit72$399$151 – $1,252
Government74$248$126 – $697
Non-profit549$425$135 – $743
System affiliation
Part of a system640$401$134 – $764
Independent56$261$127 – $601

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$814
Median cash price$397
Cash as a share of list, median hospital58%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 42%. 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

519 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $441 and the average of the middle 60% is $443; most fall between $191 and $740.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 519 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
$121$241$441$614$1,271

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($121 vs $1,271).

Of the 540 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 519 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

696 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 722 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted696
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here8
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code722

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 Intracran Art Emboli Detect|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, “Brain artery ultrasound for clot particles, no contrast (CPT 93892) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93892-brain-artery-ultrasound-for-clot-particles-no-contrast