Thyroid or neck ultrasound cost in Corning, NY
In Corning, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Ultrasound of the soft tissues of the head and neck, such as the thyroid: from $191.60 to $202.00, with a median of $192.26. The lowest listed price is at Corning Hospital — $0.66 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $278.90 at 63 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 76536, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 27, 2026 and Mar 27, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Corning, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corning Hospital lowest Corning, NY Ultrasound Soft Tissue Head/Neck Bscan W/Img Doc | $191.60 | $239.50 | $30.30–$211.57 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital lowest Corning, NY Ultrasound Soft Tissue Head/Neck Bscan W/Img Doc | $191.60 | $239.50 | $30.30–$738.42 | 20% | — source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY HC US, Head/Neck Tissues,Real Time - US Head Neck Soft Tissue | $192.26 | $961.29 | $402.49–$961.29 | 80% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell, NY HB US Soft Tissue Head & Neck Real Time Imge Docm | $202.00 | — | — | — | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY US, Head/Neck Tissues,Real Time | $250.32 | $312.90 | $30.30–$738.42 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY US, Head/Neck Tissues,Real Time | $250.32 | $312.90 | $30.30–$224.85 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY Ultrasound Soft Tissue Head/Neck/B-Scan W/Image Doc | $812.03 | $1,015.04 | $53.03–$1,015.04 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY Ultrasound Soft Tissue Head/Neck/B-Scan W/Image Doc | $812.03 | $1,015.04 | $75.99–$119.45 | 20% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $191.60, median $192.26, highest $202.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $191.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This ultrasound looks at the soft tissues of the neck and head, most often the thyroid, as well as salivary glands and lymph nodes. It is ordered for a lump or swelling in the neck, thyroid nodules or an abnormal thyroid test.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the exam itself. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a needle biopsy of a nodule is billed under different codes.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 76536 ($474.44). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| St. James Hospital Hornell, NYHB US Soft Tissue Head & Neck Real Time Imge Docm (Pro) | $23.00 | file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell, NYCHG US SOFT TISSUE HEAD & NECK REAL TIME IMGE DOCM | $30.41 | file |