Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC US SONIGRAPHIC W/CON INIT
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $395 is 10% above the median hospital's median price ($357), higher than 59% of the 1,521 hospitals reporting CPT 76978. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 10 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $129 | $129 | — | — | — | $129 – $129 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $240 | $240 | — | — | — | $240 – $240 |
| 3 | Humana choice care network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $343 | $343 | — | — | — | $343 – $343 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $429 | $429 | — | — | — | $429 – $429 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $523 | $523 | — | — | — | $523 – $523 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $579 | $579 | — | — | — | $579 – $579 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $601 | $601 | — | — | — | $601 – $601 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $601 | $601 | — | — | — | $601 – $601 |
| 9 | Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $644 | $644 | — | — | — | $644 – $644 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $704 | $704 | — | — | — | $704 – $704 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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