CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, thyroid and neck

Facility: HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital

Billing Code: 76536 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$259

about 2.4× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $110–$360

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$269

About the fair price

about $10 over the fair price · 2.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $259 This hospital $269 Cash price $4,522 Hospital's list price $4,522

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

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

Cheapest $36 Priciest $269

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Ultrasound, thyroid and neck is about $259 (about 2.4× the $107 Medicare rate). HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital charges insurers about $269, or about $4,522 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fort Pierce, FL.

What each insurance company pays

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

6 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	$185 - $2,054	173%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$65 - $3,377	61%
Aetnamajor	$694 - $2,409	650%
Cignamajor	$268 - $2,921	251%
Humanamajor	$857 - $926	802%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$904 - $1,620	846%
AvMed	$301 - $1,158	282%
Bright Health	$1,357 - $1,369	1270%
HealthPartners	$3,165 - $3,194	2963%
Molina	$440 - $625	412%
Simply Healthcare	$301	282%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$199 - $3,651

Excludes 7 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 4,522), 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 HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital 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 HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital

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