How much does carotid duplex ultrasound cost in California?
CPT 93880 — 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.
93880 Carotid duplex ultrasound
Ask to pay
$483
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$1,222
Medicare $242
Ask $483
$22 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $10,575
What Medicare paysⓘ
$242
Typical price near you
$1,222
Cash / self-pay price
$1,240
Prices near you — 92 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $22cash | 0.1× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $73cash | 0.3× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) | Hospital | $112cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $124cash | 0.5× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $152cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $175cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $176cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $176cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $176cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $176cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $176cash | 0.7× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $284negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $284negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood) | Hospital | $305cash | 1.3× | — |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $322negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $324negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $370cash | 1.5× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $385cash | 1.6× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $513cash | 2.1× | — |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $560cash | 2.3× | — |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $568cash | 2.4× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $599negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $650cash | 2.7× | — |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $657cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $691cash | 2.9× | — |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $765cash | 3.2× | — |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $796cash | 3.3× | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $825cash | 3.4× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $884cash | 3.7× | ★★★★★ |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $922cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $968cash | 4.0× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $973cash | 4.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $973cash | 4.0× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $973cash | 4.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $977cash | 4.0× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $988cash | 4.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $1,020cash | 4.2× | — |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,081cash | 4.5× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $1,100cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $1,141cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $1,156cash | 4.8× | — |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $1,165cash | 4.8× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $1,187cash | 4.9× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $1,187cash | 4.9× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $1,222cash | 5.1× | — |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $1,240cash | 5.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $1,240cash | 5.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $1,240cash | 5.1× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $1,241cash | 5.1× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $1,283cash | 5.3× | — |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $1,346cash | 5.6× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $1,379cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $1,382cash | 5.7× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $1,400cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $1,410cash | 5.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $1,617cash | 6.7× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $1,712cash | 7.1× | — |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 7.2× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 7.2× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 7.2× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $1,735cash | 7.2× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $1,775cash | 7.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $1,775cash | 7.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $1,775cash | 7.3× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $1,880cash | 7.8× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $1,904cash | 7.9× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $2,048cash | 8.5× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $2,048cash | 8.5× | — |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $2,333cash | 9.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $2,747cash | 11.4× | — |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $2,747cash | 11.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $2,747cash | 11.4× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $2,747cash | 11.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $2,747cash | 11.4× | — |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $2,747cash | 11.4× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $2,747cash | 11.4× | — |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $2,747cash | 11.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $2,750cash | 11.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $3,031cash | 12.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $3,249cash | 13.4× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $3,310cash | 13.7× | — |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $3,359cash | 13.9× | — |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) | Hospital | $3,359cash | 13.9× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $3,359cash | 13.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto) | Hospital | $3,468cash | 14.3× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $3,622cash | 15.0× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $3,919cash | 16.2× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $4,167cash | 17.2× | — |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $4,354cash | 18.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) gross charge | Hospital | $8,517cash | 35.2× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) gross charge | Hospital | $10,575cash | 43.7× | — |
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. 3 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 93880 (Carotid duplex ultrasound), Medicare's benchmark rate is $241.72. A fair self-pay target for this line is $483.44. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 93880 is $1,240.50, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $619.18–$2,261.60. 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 93880 cost in California?
For carotid duplex ultrasound (CPT 93880) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $1,222, with hospitals ranging from $619 to $2,262 across 92 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $242, 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 carotid duplex ultrasound cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for carotid duplex ultrasound (CPT 93880) in California is around $1,222, with hospital prices ranging from $619 to $2,262 across 92 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 93880?
Medicare pays about $242 for carotid duplex ultrasound (CPT 93880). 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 carotid duplex ultrasound?
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.