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Limited blood flow ultrasound of the penis

CPT 93981the billing code this page is about

A follow-up or limited duplex ultrasound of the penile blood vessels, covering less than the complete study.

Hospitals typically charge $394 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 716 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $406. Most fall between $130 and $741 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
716
States
47
Filings dated
Sep 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 716 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
$93$164$394$654$1,061

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($93 vs $1,061).

How the prices are spread

$53 – $73: 29 hospitals$53$73 – $101: 25 hospitals$101 – $141: 69 hospitals$101$141 – $195: 49 hospitals$195 – $270: 61 hospitals$195$270 – $375: 73 hospitals$375 – $520: 105 hospitals$375$520 – $721: 121 hospitals$721 – $999: 57 hospitals$721$999 – $1,385: 59 hospitals$999median $394price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (648 of 716 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$53$7329
$73$10125
$101$14169
$141$19549
$195$27061
$270$37573
$375$520105
$520$721121
$721$99957
$999$1,38559

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$394
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 $394.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals 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 $240 across 14 hospitalsWA$240Idaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $348 across 37 hospitalsIL$348Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $144 across 14 hospitalsMI$144New York: median $131 across 33 hospitalsNY$131Massachusetts: median $418 across 13 hospitalsMA$418Oregon: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $53 across 13 hospitalsIA$53Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $657 across 46 hospitalsOH$657Pennsylvania: median $352 across 35 hospitalsPA$352New Jersey: median $118 across 24 hospitalsNJ$118Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $654 across 78 hospitalsCA$654Utah: median $394 across 23 hospitalsUT$394Colorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $438 across 13 hospitalsMO$438Kentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $575 across 25 hospitalsVA$575Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $177 across 12 hospitalsAZ$177New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $336 across 10 hospitalsKS$336Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $131 across 16 hospitalsTN$131North Carolina: median $323 across 25 hospitalsNC$323South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $49 across 13 hospitalsOK$49Louisiana: median $143 across 14 hospitalsLA$143Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $164 across 20 hospitalsGA$164Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $647 across 69 hospitalsTX$647Florida: median $476 across 74 hospitalsFL$476
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $394. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH46$657+67%$447 – $792
California CA78$654+66%$288 – $1,042
Texas TX69$647+64%$605 – $1,147
Virginia VA25$575+46%$260 – $660
Florida FL74$476+21%$224 – $723
Missouri MO13$438+11%$147 – $932
Massachusetts MA13$418+6%$257 – $601
Utah UT23$3940%$394 – $437
Pennsylvania PA35$352−11%$125 – $1,287
Illinois IL37$348−12%$98 – $765
Kansas KS10$336−15%$98 – $656
North Carolina NC25$323−18%$238 – $530
Washington WA14$240−39%$211 – $385
Arizona AZ12$177−55%$144 – $226
Georgia GA20$164−58%$98 – $1,289
Michigan MI14$144−63%$103 – $299
Louisiana LA14$143−64%$59 – $242
Tennessee TN16$131−67%$32 – $300
New York NY33$131−67%$126 – $425
New Jersey NJ24$118−70%$103 – $479
Iowa IA13$53−87%$53 – $53
Oklahoma OK13$49−88%$49 – $217
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not 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 $394.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care642$389$128 – $740
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access55$394$147 – $741
Ownership
For-profit80$453$133 – $1,220
Government87$274$126 – $657
Non-profit547$397$134 – $723
System affiliation
Part of a system619$398$133 – $741
Independent97$302$113 – $750

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$767
Median cash price$394
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

521 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $474 and the average of the middle 60% is $483; most fall between $211 and $792.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 521 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
$98$241$474$729$1,147

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($98 vs $1,147).

Of the 552 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 521 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

716 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 764 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted716
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
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 — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code764

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 Artl Infl&Ven O/F Pen Vsl F-Up/Lmtd Std|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, “Limited blood flow ultrasound of the penis (CPT 93981) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-93981-limited-blood-flow-ultrasound-of-the-penis