CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, thyroid and neck

Facility: St Lucie Medical Center

Billing Code: 76536 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$895

about 8.4× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $136–$1,035

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $895 Cash price $3,764 Hospital's list price $3,764

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldCignaKaiser 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	$245 - $1,694	229%
Aetnamajor	$1,129	1057%
Humanamajor	$1,393 - $1,506	1304%
AvMed	$489 - $1,882	458%
Molina	$715 - $1,016	669%
Simply Healthcare	$489	458%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$324 - $1,882

Excludes 6 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 3,764), 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 St Lucie 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Your coinsurance (%)

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