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Ultrasonic Guidance for Needle Placement Cost in Pennsylvania
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 74 Pennsylvania hospitals. CPT 76942. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $376
📉 Low $15.30
📈 High $2,000
🏥 74 hospitals
🏛️ 52 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $63.58
Hospital comparison — Pennsylvania
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 74 hospitals.
Billed more than $376 for this? That gap is evidence.
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| Hospital | Cash | Aetna | Cigna | UHC | Medicaid | BCBS | Medicare | Humana | MultiPlan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHN SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL ERIE |
$15.30 | $47.52 | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHN JEFFERSON HOSPITAL JEFFERSON HILLS |
$16.15 | $51.84 | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHN CANONSBURG GENERAL HOSPITAL CANONSBURG |
$18.70 | $43.20 | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHN FORBES HOSPITAL MONROEVILLE |
$18.70 | $51.84 | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHN GROVE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GROVE CITY |
$19.55 | $43.20 | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHN ALLEGHENY VALLEY HOSPITAL NATRONA HEIGHTS |
$19.55 | $43.20 | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHN ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL PITTSBURGH |
$20.40 | $51.84 | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD |
$22.10 | — | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| WEST PENN HOSPITAL PITTSBURGH |
$22.95 | $51.84 | $43.26 | $41.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN HIGHLANDS MON VALLEY HOSPITAL COUNTRY CLUB RD. MONONGAHELA |
$32.40 | $23.70 | — | $26.87 | $28.80 | $24.52 | $26.09 | $26.87 | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH HOLY SPIRIT MEDICAL CENTER CAMP HILL |
$43.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER BERNVILLE ROAD READING |
$46.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH LANCASTER MEDICAL CENTER STATE ROAD LANCASTER |
$52.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH HAMPDEN MEDICAL CENTER ENOLA |
$56.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON LANSDALE HOSPITAL LANSDALE |
$62.00 | $74.43 | — | — | $58.45 | — | — | — | — |
| MAGEE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$62.00 | $57.06 | — | — | $77.33 | — | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON TORRESDALE HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$62.00 | $74.43 | — | — | $58.45 | — | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON BUCKS HOSPITAL LANGHORNE |
$62.00 | $74.43 | — | — | $58.45 | — | — | — | — |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$62.00 | $81.88 | — | — | $58.45 | — | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON FRANKFORD HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$62.00 | $74.43 | — | — | $58.45 | — | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON METHODIST HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$62.00 | $81.88 | — | — | $58.45 | — | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON ABINGTON HOSPITAL ABINGTON |
$62.00 | $43.01 | — | $45.50 | $20.77 | — | $26.89 | — | $104 |
| WELLSPAN GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL GETTYSBURG |
$90.40 | $147 | — | — | $54.00 | — | — | — | — |
| ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER LANGHORNE |
$104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY FITZGERALD HOSPITAL DARBY |
$104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER BEAVER |
$106 | $43.20 | $122 | $60.48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| HERITAGE VALLEY SEWICKLEY MCKEES ROCKS |
$106 | $43.20 | $122 | $56.16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| SHRINERS CHILDREN'S PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA |
$124 | $32.34 | $50.00 | — | — | $40.00 | — | $79.74 | $85.00 |
| WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL CRESCENT PARK WEST WARREN |
$125 | $63.00 | $60.00 | — | — | $100 | — | — | — |
| CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER ROARING SPRING |
$151 | $50.92 | $41.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| INDIANA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INDIANA |
$177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GUTHRIE ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL SAYRE |
$178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GUTHRIE TROY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TROY |
$178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GUTHRIE ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL, TOWANDA CAMPUS TOWANDA |
$178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOLY REDEEMER HOSPITAL MEADOWBROOK |
$190 | $414 | $366 | $139 | — | $124 | — | — | — |
| BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL SUSQUEHANNA |
$192 | $40.00 | $53.53 | $42.91 | $8.82 | — | $40.00 | $30.86 | — |
| FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PEACH ORCHARD RD. MC CONNELLSBURG |
$212 | $46.00 | $30.80 | $90.00 | — | $40.00 | — | $55.32 | — |
| CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JOHNSTOWN |
$314 | — | $60.00 | $59.80 | — | $112 | — | — | — |
| PENN HIGHLANDS CONNELLSVILLE E MURPHY AVE. CONNELLSVILLE |
$316 | $72.13 | — | $26.87 | $28.80 | $24.79 | $26.09 | — | — |
| CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER HAIDA AVENUE HASTINGS |
$376 | $20.80 | $61.60 | $20.00 | — | $11.46 | — | — | — |
| WESTMORELAND HOSPITAL GREEENSBURG |
$377 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LATROBE HOSPITAL LATROBE |
$377 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FRICK HOSPITAL MT PLESANT |
$377 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN MEDICINE DOYLESTOWN HEALTH WEST STATE STREET DOYLESTOWN |
$474 | $105 | $47.60 | — | — | $27.00 | — | — | — |
| CLARION HOSPITAL CLARION |
$476 | $136 | — | — | $72.00 | — | — | — | — |
| MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER STATE COLLEGE |
$497 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PAM SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF WILKES-BARRE WILKES-BARRE |
$506 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $405 |
| UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL UNIONTOWN |
$586 | $23.08 | $90.00 | $30.63 | — | $56.27 | $30.63 | $32.16 | $95.00 |
| BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BUTLER |
$595 | $82.80 | — | $72.00 | $72.00 | — | — | — | — |
| ALLIED SERVICES SCRANTON REHAB HOSPITAL SCRANTON |
$618 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLIED SERVICES WILKES-BARRE REHAB HOSPITAL WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP |
$618 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAZARETH HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$623 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WELLSPAN SURGERY AND REHABILITATION HOSPITAL YORK |
$781 | $245 | $869 | — | $54.00 | — | — | — | — |
| WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL YORK |
$781 | $245 | $814 | — | $54.00 | — | — | — | — |
| WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL YORK |
$781 | $245 | $814 | — | $54.00 | — | — | — | — |
| WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$942 | $245 | $613 | — | $90.00 | — | — | — | — |
| PAM HEALTH SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH STEUBENVILLE PIKE OAKDALE |
$1,019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PAM HEALTH SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH STEUBENVILLE PIKE OAKDALE |
$1,019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WELLSPAN EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL EPHRATA |
$1,047 | $245 | $707 | — | $54.00 | — | $230 | — | — |
| SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING WYOMISSING |
$1,070 | $728 | — | — | — | $139 | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 76942, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $524 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 74 Pennsylvania hospitals above publish for Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 76942 in Pennsylvania, Medicare reimburses about $63.58 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Pennsylvania range from $15.30 to $2,000 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 5.9x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does ultrasonic guidance for needle placement cost in Pennsylvania?
- Cash prices for ultrasonic guidance for needle placement (CPT 76942) in Pennsylvania range from $15.30 to $2,000, with a median of $376. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest ultrasonic guidance for needle placement in Pennsylvania?
- The cheapest Pennsylvania hospital published cash price for this procedure is $15.30. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Pennsylvania facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 76942 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.