A self-pay mammogram is published between $120 and $408 at the four centers on this page, and that is not one market. A screening mammogram and a diagnostic one are different exams with different prices, and every list that publishes both separates them. Screening runs $120 to $340 here; diagnostic runs $180 to $408.
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What these four centers publish for a mammogram
California Medical Imaging publishes a screening mammogram at $120 and a diagnostic mammogram at $249. San Diego Imaging publishes a screening study at $140, a diagnostic at $180, and with tomosynthesis $210 screening and $275 diagnostic. Diagnostic Imaging Centers publishes a 3D screening mammogram at $210.38 and a bilateral diagnostic mammogram at $341.47, reading and technical fees included. Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes a 2D screening study at $250, a 3D bilateral screening at $340 and a 3D bilateral diagnostic at $408, also including the reading fee.
Screening and diagnostic are not the same purchase
A screening mammogram is the routine study for someone with no symptom; a diagnostic mammogram is ordered when something needs a closer look, and it takes more images and more radiologist time. Every list here prices the diagnostic study higher: $120 against $249 at California Medical Imaging, $140 against $180 at San Diego Imaging, $210.38 against $341.47 at Diagnostic Imaging Centers, $340 against $408 at Radiology Consultants of Iowa. Anyone comparing a quote should check which of the two their referral names, because the cheaper published figure is almost always the screening one.
2D and 3D are priced apart where both are offered
Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes both, at $250 for a 2D screening study and $340 for a 3D bilateral screening study, a $90 difference for the same breast. San Diego Imaging shows the same step from $140 screening to $210 with tomosynthesis. Tomosynthesis, the 3D technique, produces a set of thin slices rather than a single projection. Whether it is the right study for any individual is a clinical question this record does not answer, but the price difference is real and published on both sides.
The cheapest list is not cheapest for every version of the exam
California Medical Imaging's $120 screening mammogram is the lowest screening figure in this record, but its diagnostic study at $249 sits above San Diego Imaging's $180 and above San Diego Imaging's tomosynthesis diagnostic at $275 only narrowly. Read the pair rather than the headline. A center that prices screening keenly to fill routine slots may price the diagnostic work that follows quite differently, and a patient who is likely to need the second study should compare on that number.
A mammogram is often not the only thing billed
Breast ultrasound is frequently ordered alongside or after a mammogram and is always billed separately. Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes automated breast ultrasound at $275 and a limited unilateral breast study at $180; San Diego Imaging publishes a breast ultrasound at $120. Where a diagnostic mammogram is being priced, ask what the center charges if an ultrasound is added on the day, because that is a common sequence and it can nearly double the visit.
What this page is not
A price record. It does not say who should be screened, how often, or what any image shows; those belong to the clinician, and this site states no clinical claim on any page. Every figure here is quoted from the center's own published list, read on 10 September 2026.
Other questions people ask
Is a breast ultrasound included with a mammogram?
No, it is billed separately everywhere in this record. San Diego Imaging publishes a breast ultrasound at $120 and Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes automated breast ultrasound at $275. If both are expected, price both.
Why is a 3D mammogram more expensive?
More images and more reading time. Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes a 2D screening study at $250 and a 3D bilateral screening at $340; San Diego Imaging steps from $140 to $210 for tomosynthesis screening.
Does the mammogram price include the radiologist?
At two of these four it is stated: Diagnostic Imaging Centers says its prices include the reading and technical fees, and Radiology Consultants of Iowa says its fees include the exam and the radiologist's reading fee. The other two lists do not say.