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Scrotal Ultrasound

Iowa rates for HCPCS 76870

An ultrasound exam of the scrotum and its contents, including the testicles, used to investigate symptoms like pain, swelling, or a lump. It uses sound waves to look for problems such as cysts, twisting of the testicle, infection, or masses. It's a painless imaging exam that doesn't involve radiation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Scrotal Ultrasound cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $240 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$102 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$178 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $155 to $2,042Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $68 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $240professional $155

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,691.53
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$170

AK $302UT $72.44

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.