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Scrotal Ultrasound

Illinois 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$115$70.79 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$135 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $85 to $676Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $58 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $182professional $115

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
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$107.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$398.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$165.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$234.42
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
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
$42.66
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$117

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.