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

Arm artery ultrasound with color Doppler, one arm or limited

CPT 93931the billing code this page is about

A duplex ultrasound of the arteries or artery bypass grafts in one arm, or a limited look at part of the arm arteries, combining vessel images with blood flow measurements.

Hospitals typically charge $519 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,152 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $535. Most fall between $234 and $940 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,152
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 3,152 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
$131$287$519$799$1,374

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($131 vs $1,374).

How the prices are spread

$92 – $124: 112 hospitals$92$124 – $168: 180 hospitals$168 – $228: 156 hospitals$168$228 – $308: 243 hospitals$308 – $418: 375 hospitals$308$418 – $566: 505 hospitals$566 – $767: 536 hospitals$566$767 – $1,039: 351 hospitals$1,039 – $1,408: 234 hospitals$1,039$1,408 – $1,908: 147 hospitals$1,408median $519price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,839 of 3,152 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$92$124112
$124$168180
$168$228156
$228$308243
$308$418375
$418$566505
$566$767536
$767$1,039351
$1,039$1,408234
$1,408$1,908147

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$519
Cash as a multiple of Medicare4.9×

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 $519.

Alaska: median $718 across 16 hospitalsAK$718Maine: median $167 across 20 hospitalsME$167Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $614 across 19 hospitalsNH$614Washington: median $425 across 61 hospitalsWA$425Idaho: median $564 across 21 hospitalsID$564Montana: median $123 across 24 hospitalsMT$123North Dakota: median $529 across 16 hospitalsND$529Minnesota: median $497 across 94 hospitalsMN$497Illinois: median $599 across 118 hospitalsIL$599Wisconsin: median $475 across 99 hospitalsWI$475Michigan: median $496 across 93 hospitalsMI$496New York: median $324 across 104 hospitalsNY$324Massachusetts: median $625 across 44 hospitalsMA$625Oregon: median $376 across 52 hospitalsOR$376Nevada: median $514 across 20 hospitalsNV$514Wyoming: median $412 across 14 hospitalsWY$412South Dakota: median $834 across 26 hospitalsSD$834Iowa: median $453 across 83 hospitalsIA$453Indiana: median $634 across 90 hospitalsIN$634Ohio: median $613 across 126 hospitalsOH$613Pennsylvania: median $422 across 114 hospitalsPA$422New Jersey: median $146 across 45 hospitalsNJ$146Connecticut: median $508 across 22 hospitalsCT$508Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $914 across 187 hospitalsCA$914Utah: median $696 across 40 hospitalsUT$696Colorado: median $510 across 63 hospitalsCO$510Nebraska: median $853 across 74 hospitalsNE$853Missouri: median $584 across 80 hospitalsMO$584Kentucky: median $597 across 65 hospitalsKY$597West Virginia: median $403 across 36 hospitalsWV$403Virginia: median $517 across 71 hospitalsVA$517Maryland: median $881 across 41 hospitalsMD$881Delaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $427 across 55 hospitalsAZ$427New Mexico: median $431 across 29 hospitalsNM$431Kansas: median $536 across 92 hospitalsKS$536Arkansas: median $222 across 28 hospitalsAR$222Tennessee: median $257 across 80 hospitalsTN$257North Carolina: median $455 across 83 hospitalsNC$455South Carolina: median $645 across 52 hospitalsSC$645Oklahoma: median $380 across 67 hospitalsOK$380Louisiana: median $249 across 52 hospitalsLA$249Mississippi: median $243 across 51 hospitalsMS$243Alabama: median $272 across 40 hospitalsAL$272Georgia: median $438 across 100 hospitalsGA$438Hawaii: median $443 across 14 hospitalsHI$443Texas: median $702 across 238 hospitalsTX$702Florida: median $773 across 170 hospitalsFL$773
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $519. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA187$914+76%$370 – $1,596
Maryland MD41$881+70%$612 – $1,102
Nebraska NE74$853+64%$476 – $1,070
South Dakota SD26$834+61%$775 – $997
Florida FL170$773+49%$398 – $2,271
Alaska AK16$718+38%$207 – $1,162
Texas TX238$702+35%$308 – $1,422
Utah UT40$696+34%$524 – $773
South Carolina SC52$645+24%$465 – $776
Indiana IN90$634+22%$298 – $888
Massachusetts MA44$625+20%$335 – $932
New Hampshire NH19$614+18%$322 – $1,165
Ohio OH126$613+18%$376 – $779
Illinois IL118$599+15%$312 – $1,095
Kentucky KY65$597+15%$381 – $767
Missouri MO80$584+13%$317 – $876
Idaho ID21$564+9%$376 – $622
Kansas KS92$536+3%$277 – $772
North Dakota ND16$529+2%$317 – $690
Virginia VA71$5170%$327 – $738
Nevada NV20$514−1%$221 – $770
Colorado CO63$510−2%$334 – $703
Connecticut CT22$508−2%$362 – $799
Minnesota MN94$497−4%$208 – $792
Michigan MI93$496−4%$144 – $694
Wisconsin WI99$475−8%$143 – $930
North Carolina NC83$455−12%$194 – $600
Iowa IA83$453−13%$357 – $617
Hawaii HI14$443−15%$346 – $609
Georgia GA100$438−16%$168 – $892
New Mexico NM29$431−17%$197 – $735
Arizona AZ55$427−18%$231 – $1,582
Washington WA61$425−18%$222 – $714
Pennsylvania PA114$422−19%$180 – $983
Wyoming WY14$412−21%$114 – $779
West Virginia WV36$403−22%$184 – $549
Oklahoma OK67$380−27%$281 – $562
Oregon OR52$376−28%$67 – $643
New York NY104$324−38%$128 – $1,012
Alabama AL40$272−48%$139 – $453
Tennessee TN80$257−50%$144 – $447
Louisiana LA52$249−52%$135 – $477
Mississippi MS51$243−53%$153 – $341
Arkansas AR28$222−57%$137 – $548
Maine ME20$167−68%$103 – $578
New Jersey NJ45$146−72%$118 – $571
Montana MT24$123−76%$36 – $657
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not 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 $519.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,278$515$235 – $1,035
Children’s61$684$456 – $1,106
Critical access803$530$221 – $793
Ownership
For-profit458$727$312 – $1,829
Government588$438$185 – $724
Non-profit2,096$520$235 – $888
System affiliation
Part of a system2,560$537$255 – $980
Independent592$415$168 – $779

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$911
Median cash price$519
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,142 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $518 and the average of the middle 60% is $540; most fall between $257 and $932.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,142 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
$143$302$518$792$1,291

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($143 vs $1,291).

Of the 2,290 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,142 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 107 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,152 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (80%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,361 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,152
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here78
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded128
Hospitals that filed this code3,361

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 diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Dup-Scan Uxtr Art/Artl Bpgs Uni/Lmtd Study|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, “Arm artery ultrasound with color Doppler, one arm or limited (CPT 93931) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93931-arm-artery-ultrasound-with-color-doppler-one-arm-or-limited