CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, thyroid and neck

Facility: Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge

Billing Code: 76536 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$111

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $108–$168

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What this hospital charges insurers

$111

About the fair price

1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $111 This hospital $111 Cash price $571 Hospital's list price $2,539

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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 $111

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 $111 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge charges insurers about $111, or about $571 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Naples, FL.

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	$70 - $614	66%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$107 - $821	100%
Aetnamajor	$107 - $1,686	100%
Cignamajor	$392	367%
Humanamajor	$72 - $107	67%
Ambetter (Centene)	$278	260%
Amerigroup	$76	71%
AvMed	$965	903%
HealthPartners	$562	526%
Simply Healthcare	$74 - $787	69%
WellCare	$73 - $112	68%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$70 - $273

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 571), 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 Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge 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 Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge

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