How Much Does an Ultrasound Machine Cost? Cart, Portable and Refurbished
Key takeaways
How much does an ultrasound machine cost? Dealer ranges run from about $4,000 for a handheld to $50,000 and up for a premium system, and the probes, warranty and service can sit outside that figure.
- Handheld, portable and cart are three purchases, and the guides blur them.
- Two GE Logiq e listings on one marketplace in October 2026 asked $4,700 and $14,000.
- An $8,500 refurbished listing is “box only,” so the probes cost extra.
- FDA’s remanufacturing page doesn’t define “refurbished,” which leaves the seller’s paperwork to say what it means.
- Price the system with the probes you’ll scan with, then add service.
Two GE Logiq e ultrasound machines sat on DOTmed in October 2026. A 2010 model asked $4,700. A 2018 Logiq e NextGen asked $14,000. About three times as much. The listings differ in the year, in how many probes come in the box, and in the options they name, and a price guide has to explain all three.
This guide is for clinics, imaging centers, and urgent care groups pricing a purchase. Patient scan bills aren’t covered. Every figure has its source and date beside it. When the next question is how to pay for the system, our page on ultrasound machine financing picks up there. For a different scanner, our MRI machine price guide and X-ray machine price guide work the same way.
What Sets the Price of an Ultrasound Machine
An ultrasound machine is a console, a screen, and one or more transducers, also called probes, that image the body with sound waves. Its price follows the form factor, which probes come with it, the software options switched on, its age, and the warranty behind it. The console is only part of what you’re buying.
Form factor comes first. A handheld is a probe that connects to a phone or tablet, a portable is a compact unit built to move between rooms, and a cart system sits on a wheeled stand. Sellers use those words loosely. Most of the DOTmed listings we opened didn’t say which one they were selling.
| What you’re buying | What we found | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Handheld | About $4,000 | Probo Medical, 2026 guide |
| Portable, four tiers | $6,000 to $28,000 | Probo Medical, 2026 guide |
| Premium GE systems | $50,000 and up | Probo Medical, 2026 guide |
| Used and refurbished | $4,700 to $24,000 | Six DOTmed listings, October 2026 |
Read these as ranges and asking prices. Quotes are different. A written quote for a specific system, probes included, is the only number a seller is held to.
Handheld and Portable Ultrasound Prices
Probo Medical, a dealer, sorts portable systems into four tiers in its 2026 guide. It doesn’t say whether the figures are new, refurbished, or asking prices.
$6,000 to $28,000
The span of Probo Medical’s four portable ultrasound tiers, budget to high-end, as the dealer’s 2026 guide read on November 11, 2026
Source: Probo Medical, Portable Ultrasound Buyer’s Guide, 2026
The tiers run $6,000 to $9,000, $11,000 to $17,000, $18,000 to $20,000, and $24,000 to $28,000. The guide’s product cards break them. It lists a Philips CX50 at $15,000 to $40,000, and a GE Vscan Air handheld at $4,000, which sits under the budget tier’s floor.
The second variable is software. Butterfly’s offers page, read November 11, 2026, sells its iQ3 handheld in an All-In Bundle at $3,999, marked down from $5,399, with the software included at no recurring cost for the life of the device. The offer ends 11/28 or after the first 500 orders. A February 2024 launch report put the iQ3 at $3,899 plus membership.
One device family, two ways to charge for the software. Only one of them repeats. Check what the number includes on the day you order, because promotions end.
Refurbished and Used Ultrasound Prices
Asking prices say more than ranges, because each one sits on a specific system. We read six fixed-price DOTmed listings dated October 12 to 31, 2026. Here’s what each one says.
| Listing | Asking | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| GE Logiq e, 2010, one probe | $4,700 | Used, good. Sold as-is |
| GE Vivid S5, 2013, four probes | $7,999.99 | Used, excellent. 30-day warranty |
| GE Logiq S7 Expert, year not stated | $8,500 | Refurbished. Box only, 60-day warranty |
| Mindray M8 Elite, 2024, cart, two probes | $14,000 | Used, excellent. 44 months of factory warranty left |
| GE Logiq e NextGen, 2018, three probes | $14,000 | Used, good. CWD option, sold as-is |
| GE Vivid iq, 2023 | $24,000 | Used, excellent. 90-day warranty, probes on request |
Compare the Logiq e pair. The 2010 unit’s $4,700 buys one linear probe and no returns. The 2018 NextGen’s $14,000 buys three probes and a CWD option, which is continuous-wave Doppler, and no returns either.
The S7 Expert is the row to slow down on. It costs $8,500, more than the $7,999.99 Vivid S5, and the listing says the price is box only, with probes sold separately. The S5 comes with four. They’re different machines, but it’s the comparison a buyer scrolling a marketplace actually makes.
Probo’s GE guide gives a cross-check on two of these systems. It lists the Logiq e NextGen at $15,000 to $25,000 and the Vivid iq at $25,000 and up. The listings asked $14,000 and $24,000. Each sits a little under the dealer’s floor. Even so, a dealer’s range and asking prices from different sellers on different days land in the same neighborhood, which is more than most price guides can show.
“Refurbished” is the word to pin down. FDA’s remanufacturing and servicing page, current as of January 30, 2026, defines servicing and remanufacturing, and says the agency looks at the activities an entity performs on a device, whatever the entity calls itself. It doesn’t define “refurbished.” On a listing, then, the word is the seller’s, and the paperwork behind it carries the meaning.
Before you compare prices, get these in writing:
- Which probes come with it, by model, and how old each one is.
- Which software options are switched on. Two of the listings above say “all options active,” so ask for the list behind the phrase.
- How long the warranty runs. The six listings ranged from none, sold as-is, to 90 days, and one carries about 44 months of the maker’s warranty.
- Whether that warranty covers the probes.
- Who owns it outright. A search for a UCC filing against the unit shows whether another lender still holds a claim on it.
- Whether it can come back. Two of the six were sold as-is.
A lender reading a used-ultrasound deal wants much of the same paperwork, starting with the seller’s invoice and the unit’s age and condition. Each lender decides for itself. Our page on used equipment financing covers the lender’s side of a used purchase.
Probes, Service and Training After the Sale
USC Imaging, a dealer and service company, posted a guide on May 20, 2022 that prices the bills after the system, and it’s the only published guide we found that does. It’s four years old. Treat its figures as one dealer’s rule of thumb and get current quotes.
$500 to $5,000 or more
What USC Imaging’s May 2022 guide says additional ultrasound transducer probes can cost, from a dealer and service company, as the page read on November 11, 2026
Source: USC Imaging, How Much Does an Ultrasound Machine Cost, May 2022
The same guide puts high-end probes around $3,000 to $5,000, a service agreement at around 15% of the purchase price, extra training at $1,000 to $6,000, and a manufacturer’s warranty at one to five years. It doesn’t say whether the 15% repeats yearly. Yearly, or once? Get the term in writing.
What a plan covers matters as much as its price. Avante Health Solutions, a third-party service company, lists three tiers on its contracts page: Full Service with unlimited parts and transducer replacements, Shared Care with one annual transducer replacement, and Console Support with a discount on probe repairs and replacements. It publishes no prices. Probes are the dividing line.
So the rule we’d use is simple. Count the probes first. Then price the system with the probes you’ll scan with, a service plan, and any training as one project. At the top of USC’s probe range, a $4,700 unit that needs two more probes can end up costing more than a $14,000 one that already has them.
Buy, Lease, or Finance an Ultrasound Machine
Cash settles it. A clinic that can pay for the $14,000 Mindray M8 Elite with its cart and two probes has no use for this section. Paramount Financial finances equipment, which gives us a stake in what you decide here. Run the cash numbers first.
Say the clinic leases that Mindray instead. The lease names an ending: return the system, renew, or buy it, at fair market value or for a dollar. Our posts on the fair market value lease and the $1 buyout lease cover both endings. Probes sit in the same contract, and if one wears out partway through, the lease says who replaces it.
A lender’s agreement may cover the console alone, or the console with its probes and cart. Find out which before you choose a machine. Payments depend on terms nobody has quoted you, so none appear here.
What Clinic Owners Ask About Ultrasound Costs
Why do two GE Logiq e listings sit thousands of dollars apart?
The box, mostly. DOTmed listing 5897035 is a 2010 Logiq e with one 8L-RS probe at $4,700, and listing 5897040 is a 2018 Logiq e NextGen with three probes and a CWD option at $14,000, both dated October 24, 2026 and both sold as-is. The probe lists and the options they name are where the two differ.
Is a $3,999 handheld ultrasound really a $3,999 handheld?
Check the software line. The iQ3 All-In Bundle on Butterfly’s offers page read $3,999 on November 11, 2026, with the software included at no recurring cost. The February 2024 launch report that gave $3,899 added “plus membership.”
Is refurbished ultrasound equipment a sensible buy for a small clinic?
Short answer: it can be, when the paperwork says what was replaced. The six DOTmed listings read on November 11, 2026 carried anything from sold as-is to a 90-day warranty, and one still had about 44 months of the manufacturer’s warranty. Terms beat labels.
What does it cost to replace an ultrasound probe?
$500 to $5,000 or more, according to USC Imaging’s guide of May 20, 2022, which puts high-end probes at around $3,000 to $5,000. The guide predates 2026. Get a current quote for the exact probe, and find out whether a service plan covers it.
Does the FDA say what “refurbished” means?
Not on its remanufacturing and servicing page, current as of January 30, 2026. That page defines servicing and remanufacturing and says FDA looks at what an entity does to a device, whatever it calls itself. A listing’s “refurbished” is the seller’s word, so get the work in writing.
What does an ultrasound service plan cover?
The plan decides it. Avante Health Solutions lists Full Service with unlimited transducer replacements, Shared Care with one a year, and Console Support with a repair discount, and it publishes no prices, while USC Imaging’s 2022 guide put service at around 15% of the purchase price and didn’t say how often. Read the exclusions.
Can a clinic lease an ultrasound system instead of buying one?
Leases exist for imaging equipment, and lessors differ on used units. A fair market value lease prices the buyout at what the system is worth when the term ends, and a $1 buyout lease is built so the business keeps it. Read the clause on probes too.
Next Steps
Once the quote lists the system, the probes, and the service plan, the remaining question is how to pay for it. Our page on financing and leasing for ultrasound systems lays out the structures, and our medical equipment financing page covers the wider picture for imaging and exam-room equipment. When you’re ready, start an application.