How much does ultrasound transvaginal cost in California?
CPT 76830 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
76830 Ultrasound transvaginal
Ask to pay
$213
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$649
Medicare $106
Ask $213
$19 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $5,168
What Medicare paysⓘ
$106
Typical price near you
$649
Cash / self-pay price
$717
Prices near you — 92 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $19cash | 0.2× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $21cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $62cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $67cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $125negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $125negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $133cash | 1.3× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $141negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $143negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $153cash | 1.4× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $178negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $283cash | 2.7× | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $287cash | 2.7× | — |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $323cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $327cash | 3.1× | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $336cash | 3.2× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $364cash | 3.4× | — |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $404cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $404cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $404cash | 3.8× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $404cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $404cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $409cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $416cash | 3.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $416cash | 3.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $416cash | 3.9× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $417cash | 3.9× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $428cash | 4.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $438cash | 4.1× | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $442cash | 4.2× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $456cash | 4.3× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $464cash | 4.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $485cash | 4.6× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $503cash | 4.7× | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $513cash | 4.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $515cash | 4.8× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $515cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $515cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $545cash | 5.1× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $556cash | 5.2× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $568cash | 5.3× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $586cash | 5.5× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $586cash | 5.5× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $600cash | 5.6× | — |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $631negotiated | 5.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $667cash | 6.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $674cash | 6.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $717cash | 6.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $717cash | 6.7× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $717cash | 6.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $723cash | 6.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $755cash | 7.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $766cash | 7.2× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $780cash | 7.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $787cash | 7.4× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $821cash | 7.7× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $866cash | 8.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $884cash | 8.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $884cash | 8.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $884cash | 8.3× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $884cash | 8.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $918cash | 8.6× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $931cash | 8.8× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $931cash | 8.8× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $956cash | 9.0× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $969cash | 9.1× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $976cash | 9.2× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $1,049cash | 9.9× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $1,065cash | 10.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $1,086cash | 10.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $1,208cash | 11.4× | — |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $1,219cash | 11.5× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,263cash | 11.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 12.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 12.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 12.3× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 12.3× | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 12.3× | — |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 12.3× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 12.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $1,310cash | 12.3× | — |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $1,368cash | 12.9× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,552cash | 14.6× | — |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,644cash | 15.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) | Hospital | $1,838cash | 17.3× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $1,920cash | 18.1× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $1,920cash | 18.1× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $1,920cash | 18.1× | ★★★★★ |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) gross charge | Hospital | $2,647cash | 24.9× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) gross charge | Hospital | $2,715cash | 25.5× | — |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) gross charge | Hospital | $3,650cash | 34.3× | — |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $5,168cash | 48.6× | — |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 6 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 76830 (Ultrasound transvaginal), Medicare's benchmark rate is $106.34. A fair self-pay target for this line is $212.68. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 76830 is $716.80, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $410.50–$1,080.49. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 76830 cost in California?
For ultrasound transvaginal (CPT 76830) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $649, with hospitals ranging from $411 to $1,080 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $106, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does ultrasound transvaginal cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for ultrasound transvaginal (CPT 76830) in California is around $649, with hospital prices ranging from $411 to $1,080 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 76830?
Medicare pays about $106 for ultrasound transvaginal (CPT 76830). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of ultrasound transvaginal?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.