An ultrasound is the cheapest of the major imaging studies to buy for cash, published between $115.50 and $325 at the four centers on this page. The spread inside that is mostly about what counts as one study: a breast, an obstetric or a Doppler examination is priced separately at every center that itemises, and the study ordered moves the number far more than the machine does.
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How much does an ultrasound cost at these four centers?
MH Imaging publishes $325 for any single ultrasound, radiologist's reading included. Advantage Diagnostics publishes all ultrasounds at $300 with professional interpretation included. Independent Physicians Medical Center publishes a general ultrasound at $220, a bilateral breast study at $220 and a unilateral at $150, a transabdominal or transvaginal pelvic study at $280 and an echocardiogram at $350. Radiology Consultants of Iowa itemises further: a complete abdominal study at $212, a transvaginal pelvic study at $190, a thyroid or neck study at $200 and automated breast ultrasound at $275, all including the reading fee.
Ultrasound price without insurance: general is a category, not a scan
Two of these four quote one figure for an ultrasound and two break it into studies, and the difference decides which is cheaper for you. A flat $300 at Advantage Diagnostics and $325 at MH Imaging cover whatever single study is performed. Radiology Consultants of Iowa's $190 transvaginal and $212 complete abdominal are the same idea itemised, and both are below either flat rate. But a pelvic study at Independent Physicians Medical Center is $280, above its own $220 general rate. The comparison to make is study against study.
Breast ultrasound cost without insurance is priced as its own thing
Every list here that touches breast imaging separates it, and the unilateral and bilateral prices are rarely double. Independent Physicians Medical Center publishes a unilateral breast study at $150 and a bilateral at $220. Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes automated breast ultrasound at $275 and a limited unilateral breast study at $180. A breast ultrasound is often ordered alongside or after a mammogram and the two are billed separately, so a patient budgeting for one should ask whether the other is expected too.
Doppler and vascular studies are a tier above
Where a study uses Doppler to look at flow rather than structure, the price rises and the lists say so. Independent Physicians Medical Center publishes a bilateral venous Doppler at $300 and a unilateral at $250, venous insufficiency studies at $350 and $300, and arterial Doppler at $300 and $250. Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes a limited venous duplex follow-up at $213. These are longer examinations with more measurement, and they are the commonest reason an ultrasound quote comes back above the general rate a center advertises.
Obstetric ultrasound is priced by what is being counted
Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes a transabdominal pregnancy study after 14 weeks at $250 against $190 for a transvaginal pelvic study. Independent Physicians Medical Center publishes a fetal transabdominal or transvaginal study at $260 and both together at $380. The pattern across both is that the number of approaches used, and in some lists the number of gestations, is what the price follows. At the centers charging one flat rate for any single ultrasound, none of that changes the figure.
What this page is not
A price record and no more. It does not say whether an ultrasound is the right study, what any image shows or whether a finding matters, 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.
Questions people ask about ultrasound cost
Why is a pelvic ultrasound more than a general one?
Because it is often two examinations. Independent Physicians Medical Center publishes a transabdominal or transvaginal pelvic study at $280 against $220 general, and $330 for a pelvic and transvaginal study combined. Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes a transvaginal study at $190.
Does the ultrasound scan price include the radiologist?
At three of these four it is stated: MH Imaging, Advantage Diagnostics and Radiology Consultants of Iowa all say the professional interpretation is included. Ask anywhere it is not stated.
Is a breast ultrasound cheaper than a mammogram?
Often, on the same list. Radiology Consultants of Iowa publishes a limited unilateral breast ultrasound at $180 against $250 for a 2D screening mammogram. They are different examinations and are frequently ordered together rather than instead of one another.
How much is an ultrasound without insurance?
$115.50 to $325 on the four lists here. MH Imaging publishes $325 for any single ultrasound and Advantage Diagnostics $300, both with the radiologist's reading included.