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Breast Ultrasound

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 76645

An ultrasound scan of the breast, using sound waves and a handheld probe to produce live images of the tissue. It is often used to look more closely at a lump or an area noted on a mammogram, and to tell a fluid-filled cyst from a solid growth.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breast Ultrasound cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $324 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$141 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$269 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $191 to $741Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $141 to $275
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $145

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Massachusetts than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 11th of 36

$182

MA $407FL $66.07

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.