Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure cost at US hospitals

Ultrasound guidance for needle placement, supervision and interpretation · CPT 76942

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Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure

This is not a diagnostic scan. It is the ultrasound used while a needle is going in, so the person holding it can watch the tip move toward the target in real time. It is charged separately from the procedure it guided, which is why it often appears on a bill as a line nobody remembers consenting to.

$38.50

lowest cash price

$720.15

national median

$6,986.75

highest cash price

845

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $38.50–$6,986.75 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$38.50

Barnesville Hospital — Barnesville, OH

Most expensive published cash price

$6,986.75

HCA FLORIDA FORT WALTON-DESTIN HOSPITAL — NAVARRE, FL

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($900.50) → Sep 1, 2026 ($942.66)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $1,006.98 $1,960.14 $2,228.46
Arizona 23 $109.20 $277.88 $1,472.87
Arkansas 8 $146.55 $236.11 $822.00
California 90 $209.79 $854.39 $4,315.57
Colorado 16 $222.86 $2,189.40 $2,189.40
Florida 78 $196.00 $1,708.20 $6,986.75
Georgia 25 $352.24 $670.02 $3,523.59
Hawaii 2 $218.24 $218.24 $318.75
Illinois 50 $171.27 $921.60 $1,705.20
Indiana 26 $324.60 $399.50 $942.66
Iowa 25 $366.13 $645.63 $2,284.75
Kansas 11 $290.80 $595.40 $2,159.16
Kentucky 22 $236.38 $942.66 $2,943.54
Louisiana 1 $423.54 $423.54 $423.54
Maine 7 $674.85 $842.20 $1,121.65
Michigan 27 $43.93 $930.00 $1,424.00
Minnesota 18 $286.61 $525.50 $961.60
Mississippi 8 $145.92 $214.80 $573.60
Missouri 18 $453.20 $728.20 $2,154.73
Montana 2 $255.20 $255.20 $455.20
Nebraska 13 $448.14 $538.00 $830.00
Nevada 4 $342.02 $785.15 $1,095.38
New Hampshire 1 $1,119.90 $1,119.90 $1,119.90
New Jersey 22 $161.89 $193.88 $331.50
New Mexico 1 $1,526.70 $1,526.70 $1,526.70
New York 22 $219.91 $629.03 $2,111.00
North Carolina 15 $519.53 $519.53 $1,162.98
North Dakota 4 $799.20 $820.80 $954.40
Ohio 64 $38.50 $717.60 $2,637.60
Oklahoma 15 $289.99 $747.50 $2,252.11
Oregon 13 $112.32 $665.55 $4,239.75
Pennsylvania 32 $234.00 $780.80 $2,769.60
South Carolina 12 $446.00 $687.50 $990.60
South Dakota 3 $909.60 $931.20 $970.40
Tennessee 36 $101.55 $138.60 $3,186.26
Texas 111 $382.05 $818.50 $3,932.00
Virginia 41 $101.55 $827.50 $3,373.00
Washington 32 $125.28 $750.40 $2,973.36
West Virginia 16 $100.50 $528.50 $5,482.33
Wisconsin 32 $374.18 $720.00 $2,735.15
Wyoming 4 $475.42 $489.62 $512.34

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett, TX $909.17 $57.78 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen, SD $909.60 $53.63 – $1,023.30
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine, KY $921.60 not published
HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital Shelbyville, IL $921.60 $355.99 – $391.59
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER, SC $925.60 $30.22 – $1,324.32
cleveland clinic main campus Cleveland, OH $926.25 $0.01 – $776.70
Corewell Health Gross Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI $930.00 $56.61 – $191.09
Corewell Health Taylor Taylor, MI $930.00 $59.97 – $69.38
Corewell Health Trenton Trenton, MI $930.00 $57.12 – $69.38
Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI $930.00 $64.52 – $190.17
Corewell Health Wayne Wayne, MI $930.00 $56.48 – $69.38
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster, SD $931.20 $365.50 – $1,047.60
HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Mattoon, IL $936.72 $29.11 – $107.15
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest, IL $940.00 $214.00 – $1,831.12
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago, IL $940.00 $214.00 – $1,504.00
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital Lebanon, PA $941.60 $90.00 – $244.80
Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN $942.66 $27.66 – $1,885.32
Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown, KY $942.66 $1,256.88 – $2,513.76
Baptist Health Corbin Corbin, KY $942.66 $784.00 – $2,513.76
Baptist Health La Grange La Grange, KY $942.66 $109.00 – $2,513.76
Baptist Health Lexington Lexington, KY $942.66 $300.00 – $2,555.24
Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY $942.66 $1,060.00 – $2,513.76
Baptist Health Paducah Paducah, KY $942.66 $1,256.88 – $2,513.76
Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.) Saint Johns, FL $946.92 $74.71 – $74.71
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL $946.92 $74.71 – $74.71
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL $946.92 $74.71 – $74.71
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Middleburg, FL $946.92 $74.71 – $74.71
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND $954.40 $1.00 – $1,073.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook, MN $961.60 $291.00 – $1,081.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy, MN $961.60 $291.00 – $1,081.80
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson, TX $963.90 $48.19 – $1,377.00
Orange County Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim, CA $967.20 not published
Baldwin Park Medical Center BALDWIN PARK, CA $967.20 not published
Downey Medical Center Downey, CA $967.20 not published
San Bernardino - Fontana Medical Center FONTANA, CA $967.20 not published
Riverside Medical Center RIVERSIDE, CA $967.20 not published
South Bay Medical Center HARBOR CITY, CA $967.20 not published
San Marcos Medical Center SAN MARCOS, CA $967.20 not published
West Los Angeles Medical Center LOS ANGELES, CA $967.20 not published
Woodland Hills Medical Center WOODLAND HILLS, CA $967.20 not published

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