CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, thyroid and neck

Facility: Columbus Regional Healthcare System

Billing Code: 76536 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$98

about 0.9× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $98–$136

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$100

About the fair price

about $2 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $98 This hospital $100 Cash price $717 Hospital's list price $1,024

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How this hospital compares to other NC hospitals

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

Cheapest $74 Priciest $100

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NC 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 $98 (about 0.9× the $107 Medicare rate). Columbus Regional Healthcare System charges insurers about $100, or about $717 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Whiteville, NC.

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	$100 - $696	94%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$100 - $657	94%
Aetnamajor	$103 - $993	96%
Cignamajor	$105 - $972	98%
Humanamajor	$103	96%
Ambetter (Centene)	$596 - $693	558%
AmeriHealth	$229	214%
Devoted Health	$104	97%
Health Net	$679 - $759	636%
Molina	$85 - $263	80%
Oscar Health	$665 - $747	623%
UniCare	$100	94%
WellCare	$100 - $229	94%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$100 - $972

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 717), 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 Columbus Regional Healthcare System 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 Columbus Regional Healthcare System

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