CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, thyroid and neck

Facility: Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (Mmc-Bd)

Billing Code: 76536 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$198

about 1.9× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $104–$659

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $198 Cash price $1,526 Hospital's list price $1,606

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.

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	$588	551%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$796 - $955	745%
Aetnamajor	$1,542	1444%
Cignamajor	$1,092 - $1,188	1022%
Humanamajor	$1,269 - $1,429	1188%
HealthPartners	$1,526	1429%
Molina	$1,365	1278%
Quartz	$915	857%
Security Health Plan	$835 - $928	782%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$394 - $1,526

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 1,526), 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 Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (Mmc-Bd) 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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