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Scrotal Ultrasound

Tennessee 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$115$85.11 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$129 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $89 to $263Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $71 to $851
$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $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
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$134.90
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
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
$42.66
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$115

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.