Screening Mammogram: what it covers and what it costs
What does a Screening Mammogram cost? Across 36 major U.S. metros, the typical insurer-negotiated price for a Mammogram (CPT 77067) runs from about $76 in Memphis, TN to $846 in Baltimore, MD, read from hospitals' own price-transparency files. 21 of those metros have at least one hospital publishing a self-pay cash price. This page explains what the billing code covers, what the quoted price does and does not include, and what actually drives the spread between hospitals. These are price references from public data — not a quote, a bill, or medical or financial advice.
These figures are aggregated from hospitals' public price-transparency files — not a quote, a bill, an insurance benefit determination, or medical advice. Your actual out-of-pocket cost depends on your insurance plan (deductible, copay, coinsurance, network), the exact service and any complications, and which hospital you use. Always confirm price and coverage with the hospital and your insurer before care.
What a Mammogram price actually covers
A screening mammogram is an X-ray examination of the breasts performed for someone without symptoms. It is billed under a different code from a diagnostic mammogram, which is what follows if something needs a closer look.
Code scope. 77067 = bilateral screening mammogram, incl. CAD (replaced legacy HCPCS G0202 on 1/1/2018). Diagnostic mammogram is a different service: 77065 unilateral / 77066 bilateral.
What is — and isn't — in the price
The facility price covers image acquisition; interpretation by a radiologist may be a separate professional charge. Tomosynthesis — three-dimensional mammography — is generally an additional code and appears on many hospitals' lists as its own line.
Why Mammogram prices differ so much between hospitals
The screening-versus-diagnostic distinction is the single biggest source of confusion on a bill. A screening study that finds something and converts to additional diagnostic views during the same visit is billed differently from the screening code alone. Whether the hospital performs 2D or 3D imaging as standard also moves the price.
What else usually lands on the bill
Diagnostic mammography, breast ultrasound and breast MRI are separate codes, and a screening visit that converts to diagnostic imaging will show more than one. A stereotactic or ultrasound-guided biopsy, if it follows, is a distinct procedure with pathology charges.
What to ask before you book
Ask whether the price includes tomosynthesis and what happens to the charge if additional views are needed on the day. Under federal rules most plans cover screening mammography without cost-sharing, but that protection can fall away once a study is coded diagnostic.
Where the money actually moves
Screening mammography is covered without cost-sharing by most plans under federal rules, so the practical saving is in not letting the visit be coded diagnostic unnecessarily. Ask what tomosynthesis adds if it is not already included.
What the Mammogram numbers show nationally
A Mammogram costs 11.1× as much in Baltimore as in Memphis
Across the 36 metros priced here, the typical negotiated rate runs from $76 in Memphis, TN to $846 in Baltimore, MD — the same billing codes, the same procedure, 1009% apart.
The individual hospitals reporting the lowest and highest Mammogram prices
Lowest: ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (Memphis, TN) at $1; NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (Buffalo, NY) at $34; COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (Philadelphia, PA) at $39. Highest: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER (Los Angeles, CA) at $4,155; GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (San Jose, CA) at $1,119; MEDSTAR UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Baltimore, MD) at $1,113. These are the figures each hospital published in its own file, not an assessment of the care.
21 of 36 metros have a hospital publishing a self-pay Mammogram price
Cheapest published cash price: $88 (Detroit). A cash price is what the hospital will accept from someone paying directly; it is not required and many never publish one.
Insurers pay about 68% below the list price for a Mammogram
Across the 29 metros publishing both, the chargemaster list price is typically 68% above what insurers negotiate. The widest gap is in Atlanta: $923 list against $116 negotiated.
How many hospitals actually publish a Mammogram price
225 hospital price-file entries across 36 metros feed this page. A hospital appears only where its own file lists a rate for CPT 77067 — where it does not, it is absent from the table rather than filled in with a guess.
Mammogram price by metro
The typical insurer-negotiated price for a Mammogram, by metro — lowest first. 21 of these 36 metros have at least one hospital publishing a self-pay cash price; 30 publish a chargemaster list price. Open a metro for its full hospital-by-hospital breakdown and who those hospitals are.
| Metro | Typical negotiated | Range | Cash | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN | $76 | $1–$211 | — | 3 |
| Detroit, MI | $103 | $88–$110 | $88 | 6 |
| Atlanta, GA | $116 | $111–$656 | $281 | 9 |
| Buffalo, NY | $121 | $34–$124 | — | 3 |
| Raleigh, NC | $123 | $118–$123 | $202 | 3 |
| Portland, OR | $123 | $93–$503 | — | 7 |
| Tampa, FL | $125 | $66–$153 | — | 6 |
| Sacramento, CA | $139 | $139 | $375 | 3 |
| San Francisco, CA | $139 | $139–$157 | $375 | 7 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $140 | $77–$211 | — | 3 |
| Nashville, TN | $141 | $137–$241 | — | 9 |
| Indianapolis, IN | $145 | $84–$201 | $171 | 4 |
| Riverside, CA | $152 | $103–$627 | $306 | 6 |
| St. Louis, MO | $152 | $95–$323 | $220 | 7 |
| Miami, FL | $156 | $105–$183 | — | 3 |
| Kansas City, MO | $157 | $146–$391 | — | 7 |
| Cleveland, OH | $172 | $172–$227 | $396 | 8 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $185 | $82–$569 | $158 | 6 |
| Dallas, TX | $188 | $106–$420 | $210 | 10 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $204 | $204 | $272 | 3 |
| Hartford, CT | $209 | $98–$474 | — | 4 |
| Philadelphia, PA | $217 | $39–$586 | $289 | 14 |
| Denver, CO | $217 | $136–$597 | $148 | 10 |
| Seattle, WA | $234 | $202–$251 | $207 | 7 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | $253 | $252–$256 | — | 6 |
| Birmingham, AL | $254 | $84–$432 | — | 9 |
| Milwaukee, WI | $261 | $123–$381 | $223 | 8 |
| Austin, TX | $266 | $99–$388 | $164 | 9 |
| New York, NY | $296 | $40–$316 | $360 | 7 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $299 | $103–$4,155 | — | 5 |
| Washington, DC | $308 | $147–$732 | $346 | 8 |
| Chicago, IL | $351 | $342–$387 | $238 | 3 |
| San Diego, CA | $383 | $109–$678 | $435 | 6 |
| Houston, TX | $416 | $340–$572 | — | 6 |
| San Jose, CA | $478 | $139–$1,119 | — | 3 |
| Baltimore, MD | $846 | $734–$1,113 | — | 4 |
Source: hospitals' own machine-readable Standard Charges files, published under the U.S. Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR §180.50). Most recent hospital file in this dataset: July 2026. Prices are references, not quotes or bills, and never medical or financial advice — where a hospital reports no price, nothing is shown rather than a guess.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does a Mammogram cost?
- Across 36 U.S. metros the typical insurer-negotiated price is about $188, ranging from $76 in Memphis to $846 in Baltimore. Every figure is read from a named hospital's own price-transparency file for CPT 77067.
- Does the price include the doctor's fee?
- The facility price covers image acquisition; interpretation by a radiologist may be a separate professional charge. Tomosynthesis — three-dimensional mammography — is generally an additional code and appears on many hospitals' lists as its own line.
- Why do Mammogram prices differ so much between hospitals?
- The screening-versus-diagnostic distinction is the single biggest source of confusion on a bill. A screening study that finds something and converts to additional diagnostic views during the same visit is billed differently from the screening code alone. Whether the hospital performs 2D or 3D imaging as standard also moves the price.