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

Brain artery ultrasound for clot particles with contrast

CPT 93893the billing code this page is about

A transcranial Doppler study that listens for tiny particles traveling through the arteries inside the skull after injection of a microbubble contrast agent.

Hospitals typically charge $408 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 724 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $437. Most fall between $148 and $876 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
724
States
47
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 724 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
$116$184$408$745$1,456

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($116 vs $1,456).

How the prices are spread

$98 – $136: 99 hospitals$98$136 – $188: 47 hospitals$188 – $261: 50 hospitals$188$261 – $363: 80 hospitals$363 – $504: 117 hospitals$363$504 – $700: 109 hospitals$700 – $972: 64 hospitals$700$972 – $1,350: 29 hospitals$1,350 – $1,874: 39 hospitals$1,350$1,874 – $2,602: 18 hospitals$1,874median $408price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (652 of 724 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$98$13699
$136$18847
$188$26150
$261$36380
$363$504117
$504$700109
$700$97264
$972$1,35029
$1,350$1,87439
$1,874$2,60218

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$408
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.8×

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 $408.

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 $420 across 18 hospitalsWA$420Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $611 across 34 hospitalsIL$611Wisconsin: median $506 across 16 hospitalsWI$506Michigan: median $329 across 25 hospitalsMI$329New York: median $126 across 34 hospitalsNY$126Massachusetts: 6 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 $135 across 14 hospitalsIA$135Indiana: median $322 across 13 hospitalsIN$322Ohio: median $504 across 42 hospitalsOH$504Pennsylvania: median $181 across 50 hospitalsPA$181New Jersey: median $125 across 19 hospitalsNJ$125Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $674 across 73 hospitalsCA$674Utah: median $685 across 23 hospitalsUT$685Colorado: median $433 across 20 hospitalsCO$433Nebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $876 across 12 hospitalsKY$876West 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: median $2,591 across 12 hospitalsMD$2,591Delaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $517 across 17 hospitalsAZ$517New 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: median $253 across 17 hospitalsTN$253North Carolina: median $357 across 15 hospitalsNC$357South Carolina: median $557 across 23 hospitalsSC$557Oklahoma: median $114 across 16 hospitalsOK$114Louisiana: median $150 across 16 hospitalsLA$150Mississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $289 across 12 hospitalsGA$289Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $408 across 78 hospitalsTX$408Florida: median $387 across 45 hospitalsFL$387
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $408. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD12$2,591+534%$378 – $3,021
Kentucky KY12$876+115%$290 – $876
Utah UT23$685+68%$685 – $806
California CA73$674+65%$371 – $2,426
Illinois IL34$611+50%$135 – $1,429
South Carolina SC23$557+36%$315 – $557
Arizona AZ17$517+27%$208 – $2,909
Wisconsin WI16$506+24%$506 – $506
Ohio OH42$504+23%$397 – $1,061
Colorado CO20$433+6%$189 – $840
Washington WA18$420+3%$214 – $538
Texas TX78$4080%$316 – $640
Florida FL45$387−5%$205 – $497
North Carolina NC15$357−13%$265 – $373
Michigan MI25$329−20%$144 – $1,086
Indiana IN13$322−21%$257 – $1,414
Georgia GA12$289−29%$280 – $289
Tennessee TN17$253−38%$95 – $300
Pennsylvania PA50$181−56%$102 – $788
Louisiana LA16$150−63%$109 – $294
Iowa IA14$135−67%$135 – $220
New York NY34$126−69%$124 – $794
New Jersey NJ19$125−69%$118 – $292
Oklahoma OK16$114−72%$114 – $177
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not 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
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not 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
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not 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 $408.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care665$397$144 – $876
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access48$441$217 – $685
Ownership
For-profit79$476$189 – $1,440
Government75$300$126 – $723
Non-profit567$419$152 – $840
System affiliation
Part of a system664$411$158 – $876
Independent60$294$128 – $758

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$803
Median cash price$408
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

552 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $433 and the average of the middle 60% is $470; most fall between $207 and $850.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 552 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
$135$257$433$794$1,456

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($135 vs $1,456).

Of the 569 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 552 gave a usable cash price; 9 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

724 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 748 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted724
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here9
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 — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code748

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.

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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, “Brain artery ultrasound for clot particles with contrast (CPT 93893) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93893-brain-artery-ultrasound-for-clot-particles-with-contrast