CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, thyroid and neck

Facility: Hospital for Special Surgery

Billing Code: 76536 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$148

about 1.4× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $87–$409

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $148 Cash price $309 Hospital's list price $309

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$20 - $771	19%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$30 - $771	28%
Aetnamajor	$66 - $771	62%
Cignamajor	$59 - $277	55%
Fidelis Care	$22 - $68	21%
GEHA	$671	628%
Harvard Pilgrim	$598 - $771	560%
Molina	$344 - $771	322%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$29 - $771

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 309), 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 Hospital for Special Surgery 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.

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