CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, thyroid and neck

Facility: Banner Fort Collins Medical Center

Billing Code: 76536 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$109

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $108–$169

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$110

About the fair price

about $1 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $109 This hospital $110 Cash price $311 Hospital's list price $442

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CO hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $38 Priciest $110

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CO hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Ultrasound, thyroid and neck is about $109 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Banner Fort Collins Medical Center charges insurers about $110, or about $311 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fort Collins, CO.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$104 - $439	97%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$107 - $456	100%
Aetnamajor	$328	307%
Cignamajor	$107	100%
Humanamajor	$110	103%
Banner Health	$181	169%
Cigna HealthSpring	$107	100%
Devoted Health	$112	105%
Health Net	$398	373%
Medica	$107 - $368	100%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$107 - $420

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 311), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 76536.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Banner Fort Collins Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 76536.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Banner Fort Collins Medical Center

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.