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Scrotal Ultrasound

Mississippi 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$87.10 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$234 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $269Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $63 to $178
$50$100$200facility $240professional $100

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
$97.72
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15
2 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
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 30th of 51

$112

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.